Download Paperboy: An Enchanting True Story of a Belfast Paperboy Coming to Terms with the Troubles AudioBook Free
It's Belfast, 1975. The town sits under the dark cloud of the Troubles, and hatred fills the air like smoke cigars. But Tony Macaulay has just turned 12 and he's acquired a fresh job. He'll be a paperboy. And come rainwater or glimmer - or bombs and mortar - he'll deliver.... Paperboy lives in Upper Shankill, Belfast, in the heart and soul of the turmoil between Loyalists and Republicans. Bombings are on the evening news, rubble sits where properties once stood, and rumours propagate like wildfire about the IRA and the UDA. But Paperboy lives in an environment of Doctor Who, Top of the Pops and seafood suppers. His battles are fought with all the interest of Ireland's opposing sides - but against acne, the tooth doctor, and the "wee hoods" who rob his paper money. On his rounds he hums music by the Bay City Rollers, longs for space, and dreams even more about the stunning Sharon Burgess. In this coming in contact with, funny, and nostalgic memoir, Tony Macaulay recounts his days and nights growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, the harrowing years which noticed neighbour fighting with each other neighbour and sibling fighting brother. However in the midst of all this turmoil, Paperboy, a scrappy upstart with a wicked sense of humour and sky-high dreams, dutifully should go about his paper round. He is a good paperboy, so he is. Paperboy demonstrates that happiness are available even in the darkest of that time period; it is a story that will charm your socks off, make you laugh out loud and brings alive the culture, experiences, and colourful character types of an extremely different - but very familiar - time.
