Listening to a priest’s eulogy whilst attending a friend’s funeral, retired but unfulfilled English lecturer Dr Mal Small experiences an earth shattering epiphany. Essentially, why wait until one’s earthly demise to celebrate a person’s life? Mal, with the assistance of two close friends and his wife, formulates a business plan to address, what he believes to be a glaring ‘gap in the market’. With multiple twists and turns that capture the full glory of the human spirit, the story follows the feel good, comedic, trials and tribulations, of this unorthodox business venture, aptly named, ‘Twilight Tributes’. The clients comprise, a ‘Ripperologist’, determined to reveal ‘Jack the Ripper’s identity to the world at the inaugural event, feuding former rock-star twin brothers, a practical joke obsessed ‘ex-Great train robber’, an overly sexed, terminally ill Cavapoo dog and a 90-year-old, ex-Windrush, Caribbean lady.
Language
English
Pages
281
Format
Paperback
Release
July 14, 2023
ISBN 13
9798399507422
Twilight Tributes: Why wait until death, to celebrate a life?
Listening to a priest’s eulogy whilst attending a friend’s funeral, retired but unfulfilled English lecturer Dr Mal Small experiences an earth shattering epiphany. Essentially, why wait until one’s earthly demise to celebrate a person’s life? Mal, with the assistance of two close friends and his wife, formulates a business plan to address, what he believes to be a glaring ‘gap in the market’. With multiple twists and turns that capture the full glory of the human spirit, the story follows the feel good, comedic, trials and tribulations, of this unorthodox business venture, aptly named, ‘Twilight Tributes’. The clients comprise, a ‘Ripperologist’, determined to reveal ‘Jack the Ripper’s identity to the world at the inaugural event, feuding former rock-star twin brothers, a practical joke obsessed ‘ex-Great train robber’, an overly sexed, terminally ill Cavapoo dog and a 90-year-old, ex-Windrush, Caribbean lady.