At school,
I learned that words,
More than weapons,
Could destroy bodies,
Could break hearts.
More than fists or fury.
This is the story of Chris, what happened to him at age eleven and how that would change the rest of his life. A life-affirming and powerful coming of age verse novel that shines a light on chronic illness, who we are and how we live. Don't miss this extraordinary young adult verse novel.
ISBN: 978-1472132574
Author: Stephen Morris
Cover: Hardback
Pages: 464
Language: English
Category: Biography
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To mark the publication of ‘Fast Forward’, Stephen Morris’s new book about his New Order years, an extended and free-to-view in conversation with DJ/writer Dave Haslam will be broadcast on Thursday 26th November by Gorilla TV, a free online channel founded by Tim Burgess and his team.
'Fast Forward’ by Stephen Morris is the sequel to his acclaimed ‘Record Play Pause’ which covered his early life and his time with Joy Division.
The book is published by Little, Brown on 3rd December 2020.
To watch the Stephen Morris interview on Thursday 26th November, and to view the archive of Gorilla TV shows to date; https://gorillatelevision.com
June 1572: for ten, violent years the Wars of Religion have raged across France. Neighbours have become enemies, countless lives have been lost, and the country has been torn apart over matters of religion, citizenship and sovereignty. But now a precarious peace is in the balance: a royal wedding has been negotiated by Catherine de’ Medici and Jeanne d’Albret, an alliance between the Catholic Crown and Henri, the Huguenot king of Navarre. It is a marriage that could see France reunited at last.
Meanwhile in Puivert, an invitation has arrived for Minou Joubert and her family to attend this historic wedding in Paris in August. But what Minou does not know is that the Joubert family’s oldest enemy, Vidal, will also be there. Nor that, within days of the marriage, on the eve of the Feast Day of St Bartholomew, Minou’s family will be scattered to the four winds and one of her beloved children will have disappeared without trace . . .
Sweeping from Paris and Chartres to the City of Tears itself – the great refugee city of Amsterdam – this is a story of one family’s fight to stay together, to survive and to find each other, against the devastating tides of history . . .