Cast No Stones

by Kevin Machell

A top ten listed, New York Times bestselling Cast No Stones is the extraordinary true story of a lonely U.S. soldier, an impoverished English rose from a slum in northern England, and the damaging impact their romance was to have on Kevin, their confused son.Dashing American GI, Harry met young English girl, Laura in 1942 while stationed in Britain during WWII. There followed a lengthy and passionate affair resulting in Laura giving birth to a son while Harry’s unit were preparing to land on the notorious Omaha Beach.Machell recounts the often sad, sometimes hilarious experiences of a “GI boy” growing up in a post-war British slum. He details his search for his long-lost father, their emotional first meeting in America and the dramatic twist that left Kevin and all around him bemused. PLEASE Any review references to 'typos' were the result of the original use of UK English spellings and don't apply to this, the U.S. English Edition."Each chapter seemed better than the chapter before. It was a book you’ll have trouble putting down." ERVS Book Reviews.Republished in 2013 as a U.S. English Edition. Published By The Electronic Book Companywww.theelectronicbookcompany.com

Genres: Memoir, Autobiography

330 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 27, 2011

Reviews

[joanne grewcock · Rating 5 out of 5]

brilliant read

Started this book on holiday and could not put it down. The events which unfold in very difficult times shows how’s difficult it was/is to be a child during a war

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a free book. Kevin tells of his life, and how growing up without a father, who was not married to his mother, had done to his life. He was called a Yankee bastard as a child, and didn't know what it meant. His mother would never explain the things he heard.

I know a lovely Vietnamese woman, who was fathered by an American solider, and I have read a paper her daughter wrote about her mother's situation. I thought about her, when I saw the description of this book. I wanted to learn what another person had gone through in this situation.

Kevin didn't learn his father's name, until he was in his forty's. He searched for two years, before finding his father. He was able to fly to the United States, and meet his father, and his aunts.

[Hayley Shaver · Rating 4 out of 5]

I very much liked this book. This book is about a man named Kevin, and how he grew up. He was a war child, a product of a man enlisted in the U.S. military and a British mother. They met, fell in love, and his mother had him. Before Kevin met his father, he was shipped out. They met a year later, Kevin too young to remember his father. Through his toddler years, Kevin's father supported him. His mother refused to talk about the circumstances surrounding his birth and his father for forty-odd years, but he found out what everyone else knew almost when it was too late to consider whether he wanted a relation with his father. I love this book because it explores a war child's psyche and feelings, the hardships experienced because of choices his parents made, and happy moments also.

[Phil · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is Cast No Stones by Kevin Machell

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting story. Preachy in parts.