From There To Here

From Willingdon To Lyttelton, A Memoir About Love, Learning And The Journey To Thirty Joe Bennett Is The Author Of Countless Columns, Over Twenty Books, And Now, At Long Last, A Memoir. From There To Here Describes A Childhood Of Fishing, Cricket, Friends, A Dog, Some Mild Molestation And A Few Deaths. There'S The Long-Haired Gloom And Vehemence Of Adolescence. There'S Love And Heartache, An Urge To Write And A Fruitless Struggle Against Teaching For A Living. Superbly Written, Of Course, And Laugh-Out-Loud Funny In Places, But It'S Also Honest, Unsparing, Unexpected And Moving. 'Every Now And Then In The Twilight The Door Of The Pub Would Open And Emit A Great Sough Of Smoke And Light And Adult Laughter And It Seemed The Most Wonderful Place In The World, The Place You Wanted To Be.'