The story consists of nine short stories. It describes the story of a boy growing up in the Blue Mountain District of South India and the various characters he encounters in the hill towns that he lived in.

Memoir

The beginning of the story describes the experiences of the boy visiting a flour mill to grind some wheat into flour and the characters he encounters at the flour mill.

The story ends with the boy saying goodbye to his hometown and joining the Indian Navy.

The story is set in the hill towns of Coonoor, Ooty and Ketti in the Nilgiri District of South India.

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Coming of Age

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Name: Peter Greene

Age: 70

Gender: Male

Role: Emotional

Key Traits: Desperate

Name: Soosai the Sorcerer

Age: expired

Gender: Male

Role: Tempter

Key Traits: Villainous

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There is never a dull moment in this collection of short stories. The characters are interesting and fascinating and will grab the attention of any reader or viewer and make them spell bound! There is Soosai the sorcery and his practice of black arts or Emily the maid servants remedy to cast off the evil eye, school students playing truant or a scary head hunting tale. I believe this story has potential to be made into a film.

Peter Ernest Greene was born in 1951 in Cochin, Kerala, India. Peter belongs to the Anglo-Indian community. He left Cochin at the age of four and lived in Coonoor and Ketti in the beautiful Nilgiri District of Southern India.He studied at Stanes Higher Secondary School in Coonoor and joined the Indian Navy in 1969 in the Electrical (Radio) branch. He saw action in the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 and was awarded the Sangram Medal, The Poorvi (Eastern) Star and the Nao Sena Medal. In 1977, he was sent to the Soviet Union for training at the Naval Officer's College in Izmail, Ukrainian Republic. He learnt to read, write and speak in Russian. He was part of the Commissioning crew of a Soviet built minesweeper at Riga in the Latvian Republic. Peter left the Navy in 1980 as a Petty Officer. He met and married June Yates in Bangalore, India and has two sons. Peter and his wife June now live in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and Peter works for Fiat Chysler Automobiles. There is never a dull moment in this collection of short stories that will grab your attention and keep you spellbound! Peter Greene describes life growing up in the picturesque Blue Mountains of the Nilgiri District of Southern India. The pretty tourist towns of Coonoor, Ketti and Ooty will intrigue you with fascinating characters like Soosai the sorcerer and his black arts, Emily the maidservant's remedy to ward off "the evil eye", school students playing truant or a scary head hunting tale of terror, encounters in a local flour mill and a teenage boy trying to sell his vegetables in a local market for the first time! Whet your appetite and enjoy this book!

Age: 18-34

Target Gender: Universal

The Anglo-Indian Community

Status: Yes: with a Publisher

Publisher: Tell Well Canada

Year Published: 2020

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978-0-2288-1692-8(Hardcover), 978-0-2288-1690-4(Paperback), 978-0-2288-1(eBook)k