True-life story narrated within the enchanting backdrop of Cornwall, with lessons about life’s unpredictability, the power of connections, and the strength of the human spirit.
“Welcome to Cornwall – the one you might not know about” was hilarious and yet sensitively pried open the darker side of second homes, the closure of Crofty and living four miles from the sea in Camborne, Pool and Redruth but never having visited or even seen it.
The trip began one October night in 2001. In the utter darkness of the high seas, I transferred from a fishery patrol ship to a rusty old trawler more than 200 miles from land, somewhere on Newfoundland’s Grand Banks. All I had by way of a handover was a note from my predecessor warning of a recent traumatic death on board the ship and his suspicions about the vessel fishing illegally.
Cornwall: Misfits, Curiosities and Legends by Cornwall Writers is an eclectic collection of short stories and other scribbles written by authors in Cornwall.
The paperback has proved very popular with 93 ordered during the 2 weeks of the Crowdfunder campaign and enough funds raised to donate a copy to all 45 libraries in Cornwall.
