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Cut The Canary's Claws: A WW1 novel of personal conflict, tunnelling and resolution Kindle Edition

by Richard Storey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Push those thoughts down. Bury them deep. Hide them from yourself. Hope they never return, but you know they will...

How would you deal with constant psychological trauma and survivors guilt in the middle of a war, without help or understanding, when even the slightest sign of shell-shock could get you shot for cowardice?

After a short spell in the trenches in 1915, Jack Cunningham, a miner from the North-East of England, finds himself recruited as a tunneller to dig mines under the German lines, becoming involved in the underground warfare between the two sides.

Telling his story through a series of flashbacks, he is tormented by a voice inside his head, questioning his memories and his obvious guilt at surviving when others didn’t, swinging between varying states of confusion and control over his situation and over what is and isn’t real.

Why this is happening now? All Jack knows is that he wants to confront the past and feels driven to resolve the conflict rising up inside him, with Jack’s memories and the voice gradually becoming more erratic and violent, until they eventually lead him to his own personal revelations, their unavoidable consequences, and at last a final and true resolution.
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  4. Publication date
    February 17, 2024
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CVW2MCZL
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Richard A Storey; 1st edition (February 17, 2024)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 17, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4118 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 299 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1738502422
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

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Richard Storey

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Originally from the North East of England, I grew up around communities dominated by mining and other heavy industry, and the discovery that tunnelling took place under the trenches during the First World War was a revelation to me, and became the driving force and inspiration behind the book.

I'm a musician, have a degree in Ecology and am a founding partner and director of a sustainability consultancy.

Cut The Canary’s Claws is a work of fiction dealing with mental health issues unique to the time of the conflict and is also based on historical fact.

This is my first novel.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging and thought provoking
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2024
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From the start of the book I felt engaged. The writing drew me into Jack’s mind and I wanted to know more. Although the subject matter is not light, the book contains some detailed research and I was taken to some harrowing scenes that we all seem to have forgotten about. I won’t add any plot spoilers but very much enjoyed this engaging book.
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