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Making A Friend Smile
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Making a Friend Smile is a collection of twenty stories from the author (Paul Clutterbuck) to his terminally-ill friend, Brendan. The plethora of amusing stories emerge from personal situations during the period from 1988 to current times and are set in five continents. The vast wealth of stories span life-threatening moments, sheltering from a riot, working out how not to bribe someone in Brazil and befriending a Gaucho in Argentina. Some are socially complex and some just highly embarrassing. All describe challenging and unusual circumstances and are written to bring a smile to anyone's face. Paul's experience in managing people and seeing humour in tight spots also provides more than a morsel of knowledge to the readers.
Although written for a dying friend, Making a Friend Smile is a reminder to all that when times are tough, it is important to have a moment to smile and, yes, even laugh. It could make a difference.
ISBN : 978-1-78830-770-3
Published: 29/10/2020
Pages : 290
Size : 205x140
Imprint : Olympia Publishers
Paul Clutterbuck
An established writer, recently interviewed by the BBC about one of his nonfiction books. Paul has travelled over five continents, living in London, Amsterdam, Philadelphia and Miami. He spent seventeen years living in South Florida, which inspired him to write this novel. He has climbed Kilimanjaro and cycled from London to Paris and back seventeen times to raise money for Operation Smile. This charity provides reconstructive facial surgery for children born with deformities. He has raised enough money for two hundred ninety children to have the surgery. His work focuses on loss, recovery and building a new life amidst complicated social cultures.
