Mother'S Boy Av Patrick Gale

<p><b><h3>''Tender, evocative'' <i>TLS</i></b><br><br><b>''Richly engaging'' <i>Spectator</i></b><br><i><br><b>A Radio 4 Serial Fiction Book of the Week </b></i></h3><br><br><b>''A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next'' <i>Observer</i></b><br><br><b>''A wonderful novel about relationships, particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read, beautifully crafted and sensitively written'' <i>Irish Examiner</i></b><br><b>_______</b><br><br>Laura, a laundress, meets her young husband when they are both placed in service in Teignmouth in 1914. They have a baby, Charles, but his father returns home from the trenches a damaged man, already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave Laura a widow.<br><br>As a new war looms, Charles signs up for the navy as a coder. His escape from the tight, gossipy confines of Launceston to a more colourful life in action sees him blossom, as he experiences the possibility