Son rise, Sunset, and yet!: Son rise, Sunset, and yet!

By Tony Hennessy

SUN RISE, SUNSET AND YET

Set in 1912 Ireland, this book will take you from the deepest sorrow to a wonderful collection of Dickensian characters.
Jimmy Kenny, a twelve-year-old boy, is thrown into an orphanage by a cruel father after losing his mother. After suffering terrible abuse, he manages to escape and his life improves greatly when he befriends some wonderful Micawber-like characters.
To escape threats from his father, he joins the British Army and becomes a fourteen-year-old sniper at the battlefront in France. He finds himself in love with a beautiful young girl in Paris before returning to the war.

Taken prisoner at the Somme, he is transported to a prison camp in Germany. A doctor takes pity on him and helps him to escape to Ireland' where is pursued by the army and returned to the war where disaster awaits him.
Finally, he returns home and joins in the war of independence but when disaster strikes yet again
he finishes with all interest in war.

This is a powerful and harrowing story portraying
themes of loss, survival, love and the devastating impact of war on a young boy's life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FCRGWQXY
• ISBN13: 9798287230371
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"