Paul Bannerman, an ecologist in South Africa, believes he understands the trajectory of his life, with the usual markers of vocation and marriage. But when he's diagnosed with thyroid cancer and, after surgery, prescribed treatment that will leave him radioactive, for a period a danger to others, he
Get a Life
โ Scribed by Hestand, Rita
- Book ID
- 109691727
- Publisher
- Rita Hestand
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781370285808
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Short Story for teens. Kelly Webster had literally buried herself in her phone since her father died in Afghanistan. So when her mother made her get out and join a club in school, she was headed for Yosemite National Park on a backpacking tour. Her father had loved hiking, but she'd never joined him. Suddenly she found herself closer to him and learning a lot about her partner, Billy Williams.
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Get a Life begins with Paul Bannerman, a South African ecologist, being treated for thyroid cancer with radioactive iodine. To spare his wife and child any peril from the radioactivity, he returns to his parents' home to recuperate. He's returned to his childhood state, being cared for by his mother
Overview: Born and raised in the Potteries area, I went to school in Stone, Staffordshire. I suppose I always had some hankering to write. I remember sending in a play to Children's Television when I was about eleven. Pretty dreadful stuff but Pamela Brown, (Swish of the Curtain et al) then a produc