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One Hot Summer Kindle Edition

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John Burton is seventeen, it’s the long hot British summer of 1976 and his life is about to change, in ways he has carefully planned, and ways he cannot yet know, as he embarks on a roller-coaster journey to maturity.

John’s world is populated by those who have helped mould his character. His parents, proof that opposites attract; Penny, his girlfriend, evidence that persistence can sometimes pay off; his grandmother, incorrigible and unshockable; Craig, his best friend, confidant, and sounding board; Alan, who holds a secret only John knows; Katie, object of John’s pubescent fantasies; Deborah, who collects underpants; Graham, the first local to embrace punk; Dino, John’s rival in love; Sandy, the dog; and other bit part players.

In a tale encompassing love, sex, friendship, rivalry, guilt, death and with a little help from a cartoon devil; for a boy to discover the pleasures and pains of adult life, all it takes is One Hot Summer...

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"Barker's language is a cool mix of first person narrative and angst driven, almost twitchy self-reflection." - MARSocial

About the Author

Ian spent almost twenty years working in IT before he discovered that writing about computers was easier than fixing them. He is a former editor of PC Tools and PC Utilities magazines and a regular contributor to other titles and specialist websites. He lives and works in Greater Manchester and doesn't own a dishwasher.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B086K446G4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ ; 2nd edition (April 16, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 16, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2167 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 262 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0620547820

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Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Ian grew up in north-east England and gained a business degree from Teesside Polytechnic in the early '80s. In the 'real world' he is a freelance writer, having spent over twenty years working in information technology before discovering that writing about computers was easier than fixing them. He currently lives in Greater Manchester and doesn't own a dishwasher.

In the mid '90s he made regular contributions to Martin Kelner for a late night show on BBC radio in northern England. Moving to the north-west in 1996, he continued to contribute items to Martin's Manchester based Jazz FM breakfast show.

His first cash-in-the-bank publishing credit was a Laughter the Best Medicine gag for Reader's Digest in 1998. Since then he has gone on to write topical comedy sketches for BBC Radio's The News Huddlines, and has had short stories published in Evergreen magazine, and in the WritersNet Anthology. He has stories published online in the e-zines Starving Arts and Crime Scene Scotland plus a co-written story on Admit Two.

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Joseph Handell

A journey through life, in one hot summer

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2014

Mr. Barker introduces us to life in the mid 70's in the U.K. When we first meet John Burton, he's an unsecured, but good-hearted boy. He is about to turn 17 and during the summer months we spend with him we learn all the experiences of a life time. First love, first driving lessons, first loss. From tear-jerk situations to down right funny ones!

Oh, and the music! Music lovers will enjoy this book, too. Plenty of references to songs, bands, of course all 1976 and before. But it mentions Queen at least twice! I always follow a quite simple rule of thumb, if it's got Queen it must be good.

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