David Bailey

@janelesley Thanks for your thoughtful review Lesley, extracts from which I have shared to my own social media and will be including on my website davidgbailey.com where first three chapters of #thesunnnysideofthehouse and other details of my work can be found. All the best, David.

X TWITTER REVIEW (THREAD) The Sunny Side of the House @dgbaileywriter When Life Gives You Strawberries - Memories of a Fenland Boy (I) #SunnySideOfTheHouse is a heartfelt, no holds barred recollection/discovery of @dgbaileywriter's Fenland boyhood in the 1960s.

Ta EdenB15 Goodreads review #sunnysideofthehouse Humour heartache joy excitement you name it this book had it! Such a poignant book and highly captivating. Really interesting to hear authors perspective very well written. Would recommend I cant wait to see what next from author

Dave Daze on davidgbailey.com Wed 28 Oct 1998: San Juan, PR Struggled thru day salmon roll lunch creranded it out as always earning my corn. Anyway, let’s look … start of Stephen King’s latest bag. Face Everything And Recover or F--- Everything And Run Ta, Stephen

Ta Kelly @tbhonest_uk review #thesunnysideofthehouse " rich detail and colourful and vivid characters really tug at your heartstrings If you enjoy books that balance tough subjects with perfectly placed humour and make you feel many emotions, 'Sunny' is one you need to read. "

Ta Sian 'candid portrayal of grief, joy, resilience, reconciliation makes for emotionally charged, thought-provoking read. While moments were difficult/triggering to read, I appreciate the author’s honesty in not shying away from the more challenging aspects of his experiences.'

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Ta @Readingwithwine for review #sunnysideofthehouse ' The writing is both simplistic and deep.. there’s a representation of different kinds of love, an element of secrets being kept and only being talked about behind closed doors that leads to some dysfunctional family moments.'

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Nat Poetry Day see lines complete on Insta Heart of the Matter Mons veneris sur Le Mont-St-Michel, A courtly favour for a demoiselle. But why convert the heart of stone to French? I put it on an English lord’s account In tribute to his love, no common wench (No giant tosh...

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New book from the Rugby Cafe Writers wit a few of my pieces in it (but don't let that put you off!) rugbycafewriters.com/2024/09/10/new…

Thanks @emmas_wellbeing_page five-star Amazon review of The Sunny Side of the House on my website davidgbailey.com. ''pacing was just right... sensitive subjects, the author handled these with care. This was such a beautiful book, I highly recommend it to other readers"

Sat 22 Sept 1979: Clifton Woke about 7.30 full of spunk an vinegar, 10 train to Nptn, meat pie cup o tea at station where Nigel F. an Adrian picked me up… Nige dropped me Clifton 2.30 a.m. W was surprised to see me sober … ‘dreading’ my return smashed drunk with Reds beaten.

Tu 6 Sep 1980: rough Out all night wandering around North London, much of which, from my drunken ramblings, is now as eerily familiar to me as a dreamscape. Ended up kipping on a bench at Mill Hill or some such railway station Go Dave Daze davidgbailey.com for news daily

Fr 15/9/95: San Juan 23.45h Presque minuit, all calm still, kids asleep in Amy’s room, W on sofa, power & water still on. With luck worst of it will hit us in daylight, when my thought is must be less scary than by night. smaller n weaker than brother Luis, still heading this way

Fri 14/9/01: in flight, Rio to Atlanta We were glad to be getting out at all, Delta American United not yet flying. I read nothing, Moulin Rouge unbelievably insipid story not even any nudie alerts .. Bridget Jones .. fell asleep before final twists in boffingly predictable plot

Mon 13/82: Clifton Finished Garp” by Irving. inspiring book … but where can I get the imagination when I simply don’t notice things? Just as important, where can I get the energy? W remarked I seem to have none at all – only time I look alert is when I’m eating… have to agree

DD 8/9/94: SJ 'This present moment, sole form of reality, is within us, not without. Although when we die the objective world will be lost to us, as will the intellect with which we acknowledge it, our existence will not be affected.' Er .. um .. yeah, well. Discuss. Schopenhauer