Phil Earle | 'I genuinely thought I was done. I had nothing left to say'

"I had a physical reaction. It literally made the hairs on my arm stand up.” Phil Earle is talking about the moment he heard the true story which inspired his new children’s book When the Sky Falls. The story was “gifted” to him by a family member, whose father was part of the Manchester home guard in the Second World War and had a very specific job. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-19 20:44:59 UTC ]
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