Tuesday 23 January 2018

Brotherly Love by Eddie Gubbins

Brotherly Love a thriller by Eddie Gubbins.
This is the story of family loyalty in the face of whether the loyalty is misplaced. When his brother Norman asks Ken Flood for help, Ken does not question his brother's motives. Deep down he does have questions about the nature of what his brother asks him to undertake. Under the surface it Stuart's to appear that what he has been asked to do might be criminal. The question for Ken is that if the activity is outside the law should he abandon his brother and ask for help elsewhere. As ken flees first to Jersey and then to London he has no notion of which side he is on or who are his enemies. He. Has to ask him self whether he will ask any of his friends for help or should he remain on his own. Running away he suspects anybody who offers help and looks over his shoulder at the thought of pursuers. Scared and shaking he runs and hides.
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Tuesday 2 January 2018

A Ceremony of Innocence by Edmund Gubbins

Two brothers are at home on holiday with their family much to the delight of their mother. It was the firsts time they had been at home together for several years. Their father is the union convener at the local shipyard and he leads the workers a out on strike against the proposed redundancies at the same time as the brothers arrive home. Though on the surface both brothers support their father, below the surface their simmers a stew of disagreement.
 Mark, the elder brother, is home fresh from months at sea as a ships officer and refuses to compromise his upwardly mobiles lifestyle with his friends for the sake of family harmony. He lives for the moment and grabs any chance of happiness.
Jim the younger brother has freshly graduated from university. He supports his father with a passion and without question.
During the summer holidays can the brothers find a way to compromise their positions and fulfil their mother's wish for a happy few weeks while they are all together? Will their rigid positions boil over into anger and open conflict and the threat of family break up?