Publisher's Synopsis
SON RISE, SUNSET, AND YET!
This book is set in what has to be the most significant time in both Irish and world history, because it begins in 1912 and ends in 1923. More than twenty people have read the story and it has produced comments like "The earlier part of the story reminds me of David Copperfield with your wonderful Micawber like characters" and "this book must be made into a film!" Also, "Should be made into a TV series!" This incredible story takes you through 'The Great War' and into the 'Irish War of Independence'. From it's begging the story introduces the wonderful characters of city centre Dublin where abject poverty abounds. You will be transported to England, France, Germany, Holland and finally back to Ireland. The main character is Jimmy, a twelve-year-old boy, who with his friends narrowly escape death on several occasions.You will experience a boy becoming a man as he negotiates his way through life. The story is exciting from its beginning to its end and is a lesson of how affairs can get out of hand when good people turn bad.
