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Marching Orders: Memoirs of a backslider

Marching Orders: Memoirs of a backslider

Hopkins, C. R.

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Series: RAF & Military Aviation: War Stories, True Stories of Flight, and Survival

Military Biographies

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ISBN10: 1861517068
ISBN13: 9781861517067
Publisher: Mereo Books
Published: Apr 10 2017
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Clive Hopkins's parents were Salvation Army Officers, which meant their sons had to endure six hours of religious meetings every Sunday (and no football), most kinds of pleasure (including girls) were off limits and friendships were disrupted by frequent moves to new postings. When finally at the age of 14 Clive was coerced into becoming a Soldier himself, it was a step too far, and like his older brother he rebelled and became a 'backslider'. He has now written this entertaining and moving memoir of a youth spent trying to balance the desire to enjoy a normal boyhood with the demands of his parents' calling. In his story, Clive captures evocatively a lost world - and finally resolves a family mystery.

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