Look Back, Don't Stare

By: Lawton, Joyce

In "Look Back, Don't Stare," the author Joyce Peacock Lawton gives an authentic account - filled with stories of hardship, life lessons optimism in the power of humor - of her father's life. This engaging memoir recalls the life of James Peacock who grew up in the 1940s in a tight-knit Pawtucket, Rhode Island neighborhood Of working class families. Orphaned at a young age, Jim was passed around to relatives, who had immigrated from Airdrie Scotland, and took turns caring for him. The author brings you into the crowded streets and homes of Pawtucket and then to the unclaimed expenses of Cape Cod in the 1950s, where a flat tire change the course of Jim's life. Parts, one and two of "Look Back, Don't Stare" Chronicle Jim's life through his own eyes transcribed through the stories. He told his daughter over the years. Part three stories are of the authors own Jim's love of family and his Scottish heritage, his knack for storytelling, and his ever present sense of humor shines through in these original and sometimes outrageous stories that never get old.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DLZDVHNR
• ISBN13: 9798218541507
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Peacock Lane
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"