In September 2008 I accompanied the police as they entered a house in Tollesbury. I was a psychiatric nurse at the time. The owner of the house was one of my patients. He had not been seen for two weeks - neither had his wife or his son. What I saw that evening will stay with me forever. On the walls of the lounge, in tiny, neat black writing, were thousands and thousands of words. The torch beams picked them out as if they were groups of well-ordered flies. The words continued up the stairway, onto the landing walls and into the main bedroom. I had been in the house before and had seen some of the writing upstairs. Still I was mesmerised. What you are about to read are the words that I saw on those walls. I have ordered them into chapters and taken the liberty of providing chapter headings. I have inserted two documents midway through which I trust will make sense when you come to them. I have since resigned my post as a community mental health nurse and no longer work in psychiatry. The patient of whom I speak is called Simon Anthony. I have met him only once - yet he is, and will always remain, my hero.
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Stuart Ayris was born in the Summer of 1969 in Dagenham, just on the border of East London. School was largely unproductive so his early adult years were spent putting up stalls at Romford Market, working in a record shop, gardening and road sweeping. After resigning from an insurance company to play in a band, he found himself unemployed for two years in the early nineties. It was during this time, at the age of 22, that he wrote his first novel - A Cleansing of Souls. Stuart wrote his second novel, Tollesbury Time Forever, between 2008 and 2011. This would become the first book of the FRUGALITY Trilogy - the second being The Bird That Nobody Sees, which was published in July 2012. The final part of the trilogy - I Woke Up This Morning - was released in April 2013. In terms of writing, his heroes are Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits. In between writing novels, Stuart Ayris has been married twice, has three children and has worked as a mental health nurse since 1997.
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By Figsbury
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You know how when you come out of a good film thinking "I really enjoyed that", but the real test is that you find yourself thinking about it in quiet moments days or weeks afterwards. Well this book was just like that for me. Loved it while I was reading it, like others, torn between wanting to know what happens next and savouring the wonderful prose. But since finishing it I've just kept thinking about it.
I know that I'll come back to it to read it at a more leisurely pace before too long, and will bore people rigid by recommending it at every opportunity.
I know that I'll come back to it to read it at a more leisurely pace before too long, and will bore people rigid by recommending it at every opportunity.
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By Lyra
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I would recommend this book - it says something that after I have read it I am still pondering some aspects of it.
What is real, and what is not real? I'm still thinking over the ending as well. And delighted that schizophrenia is being discussed. The other point I feel I should mention is that I paid for the book and when it was free a few days later I didnt mind one bit! Really worth reading.
I'd like to visit Tollesbury too - the descriptions are very vivid.
What is real, and what is not real? I'm still thinking over the ending as well. And delighted that schizophrenia is being discussed. The other point I feel I should mention is that I paid for the book and when it was free a few days later I didnt mind one bit! Really worth reading.
I'd like to visit Tollesbury too - the descriptions are very vivid.
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By Mews
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A book very well deserving of all the positive reviews and 5*s it's been getting. This isn't a book you just read, it'a book you go on a journey with. Only the second time since getting my Kindle that I have felt the need to highlight passages, it's just that breathtaking.
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Not Enough Style, Not Enough Substance
For the most part, this is not a terrible book, it's more... not very good, and that's a shame because Stuart Ayris is clearly a man who can write. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Theo
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3.5 stars?
This was different to my expectations - with all the high reviews and people talking about it on the forums. Overall, I was a bit disappointed and struggled to finish it. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Jill in East Kent
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Words fail me.
Really, they do. It's very seldom indeed that I give up on a book. I read tons - all genres, fiction, non-fiction, cereal packets, bus tickets; you name it, I'll read it. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Kim A
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great read
little odd at first and a bit confusing, however great story , couldn't put it down. will buy follow ups..
Published 1 month ago by viviane dasilva
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A good Read
Wasn't sure about this book at first, but when you read on, you really become fascinated with the whole idea of what the book was about. Really liked it.
Published 1 month ago by M. Mulholland
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Essex Local history mystery
Being slightly familiar with the Essex village this story is set in drew my curiosity. This has been well rewarded. An interesting story well told.
Published 1 month ago by Tweedledum
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Breathtakingly Beautiful
Stuart Ayris is an amazing and poetic writer. He has quickly become one of my favorite people and authors. Read more
Published 1 month ago by edee fallon
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Quite brilliant
The world would be a better place if everybody where to read this book. Recommend this book everybody I know, and everyone I don't know.
Published 1 month ago by Robert Jackson
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Not as good as I hoped
I down loaded this story because I live near Tollesbury and know it well, I found the story cumbersome and , well, to tell the truth a bit amaturish, in fact , I thought the idea... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Alan
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Local Interest
Living just a few miles from Tollesbury this was a fascinating book for me. It is a good tale but I do not know if it would have been so enjoyable without the local knowledge.
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