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    An Extraordinary Life

    By Brian Twinney

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    A betting man visiting Cardiff in Wales and meeting a baby Brian Twinney in 1936 would have given very long odds on him making it into his teens, let alone being 78 years old and living with his family in the north of Thailand. For this is a survival story, just as much as tales of shipwrecks or walks across Antarctica.

    Everything was against the young Brian making it through any sort of life. He came from a family that made dysfunctional much too feeble a word to describe it. His baby sister, Eral, was dead at seventeen months from pneumonia. As a child during the war he learned how to steal out of the docks in order to feed his siblings. As a young man he spent time in prison.

    Yet Brian Twinney even with his lack of education had a natural aptitude to work with both his hands and his brain. Born into different circumstances he could well have been a noted entrepreneur or leader of a giant corporation. In many ways this isn't only a survival story, but also a success story. I think you will find his story fascinating.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherProglen
    Release dateMay 1, 2014
    ISBN9786167817392
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    An Extraordinary Life
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    Brian Twinney

    Brian Twinney was born Cardiff in 1936 into a badly dysfunctional family. Growing up extremely quickly in wartime Wales he learned how to take care of himself and his siblings while still a child. He has lived and worked in Wales, England, Ireland, Germany and Thailand. He has written an autobiography called "An Extraordinary Life".

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