Growing Up Peculiar

The same story is in the book 'Sharpe's Story.' Its title is "Cakes and Ale.'

Bernard, I have to thank you for providing such a phenomenal glimpse into your background...for telling it with such gripping honesty and compelling genuineness.

For some reason, I find there's a grand misconception swirling about the "reading community" that it's an abundantly simple step for authors to just dig deep into the well of their minds and talk about their earliest beginnings.

It's the hardest thing imaginable.

While the inspirations from childhood might be plentiful, I find the thought of doing so to be one of the most harrowing things in existence. That's certainly not what transpires in this here read.

In this compact Short, author Cornwell leads us through the slowly-meandering development of his childhood and adolescence, providing a hopeful account of what is a true tale of perseverance against the odds, the ultimate returning to full-circle.

You feel with him at every bend in the telling.

While this 12pp delightful read is *sans dialogue*, I'm almost certain a large number of readers could recreate several of the dialogues on their own. Cornwell really does a beautiful job of painting a captivating canvas of what it truly means to come home.