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Happy Few, 2016
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"More people commit suicide during their holidays than at any other time. It's strange but it makes sense. The rest of the year they are too busy, too harassed, too tired to think seriously about anything. Only when they get away from home and work do they have the leisure to reflect at length on their misery and abandon themselves to despair. It's only then that they have the energy to rouse themselves without the aid of habit and do something out of the ordinary."If Only is the story of Jim Taylor, a gifted young man who dreams of becoming a great musician, but tired of poverty and homelessness, gives up his vocation. 'I want to enjoy life before I'm too old for it,' he says when he finds a well-paid job working with the first computers. He meets Lesley at a concert and they have a disastrous affair, but "each felt guilty, each felt the other was innocent - they were in love" and they get married. Lesley is the sun of Jim's life, the light of this otherwise dark story. 'You turn your head and a decade is gone." Jim is the Senior Vice-President of the UK's biggest software company.A decent but weak character, ('he had a mortgage - he wasn't a free man') he became the best of the worst kind of villains.
If only he had stuck to music! If only he had known, if only he had understood.
Table of Contents
1 - 1. Statistics 1, 2. Luke 5, 3. Comet Claudina 10, 4. A Broken Vow 16, 5. Who do you think you are? 18, 6. A Privileged Childhood 22, 7. One of Death's Doors 27, 8. Betrayals 30, 9. Betrayals (Cont'd) 37, 10. A Casual Affair 44, 11. Hysteria 52, 12. The Meaning of Distance 57, 13. Girls Talking 63, 14. The Apricot Dress 69, 15. Venturing Abroad 74, 16. Luke (Cont'd) 80, 17. Lady Margaret 85, 18. Homecoming 92, 19. Feeling Lucky 96, 20. Executive Friendship 102, 21. Remedies 107, 22. Tony Ross 114, 23. Aftershocks 125, 24. Are Humans Raw Material? 127, 25. Three Mantras 136, 26. The PrincesS and the Maid 140, 27. The Oath 149, 28. We Didn't Make the World 155, 29. The Front line 162, 30. Who Should Suffer? 173, 31. Shame 180, 32. A Pair of Hands 187, 33. The Wake 19234. The Art of Modern Calumny 197, 35. Saying Goodbye 205, 36. If Only 212, 37. A Cosmic Happening 214, 2 - 1. The Difficulty of Drowning 226, 2. A Joyrider 232, 3. An Old Tale Remembered 237, 4. A Suspicious Stranger 242, 5. The Eyes of Love 246, 6. Getting Reacquainted 249, 7. A Dangerous Place 255, 8. Changing Colour 261, 9. Guilt-Free Gluttony 268, 10. How Much is Life Worth? 276, 11. Saving Grace 285, 12. A Vocation 293, 13. Don't Spurn a Helping Hand 298, 14. Ellie's Wish 300, 15. The Chinese Threat 305, 16. A Cruel Awakening 314, 17. The Avenging Angel 319, 18. Short-Lived Bliss 326, 19. The Church with a Difference 329, 20. Blue Skies 333, 21. Celebrity 338, 22. The Second Wish 341, 23. The Plague 343, 24. Hot Chocolate 350, 25. Living in Danger 358, 26. The Third Wish 361, About the Author 438
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