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Moss: A Novel About Childhood in Sheffield in the 1920s
Moss, a novel about childhood in Sheffield in the 1920s
In 1918 a baby boy, Moss, is born to Jim and Lizzie Garrett. The novel is a series of stories about the various rights of passage Moss encounters and it ends with him attending Sheffield’s Central School on a scholarship.
The backdrop to this story is the Lower Don area of Sheffield, the home of the heavy steel industry. Jim Garrett is a steel worker and times were hard. The stories reflect many of the struggles Jim and Lizzie endure whilst giving their children the best start despite the odds.
The novel is semi-autobiographical. Bill Stanton was also born in this area and at this time. His childhood experiences informed his writing. Bill had already written a number of the episodes in the book as short stories for the BBC’s Morning Story series. These stories were reworked placing Moss as the main protagonist, and then developed to encompass the whole of his childhood. In doing so Bill offers a glimpse of the life in the Steel City between the World Wars.
In 1918 a baby boy, Moss, is born to Jim and Lizzie Garrett. The novel is a series of stories about the various rights of passage Moss encounters and it ends with him attending Sheffield’s Central School on a scholarship.
The backdrop to this story is the Lower Don area of Sheffield, the home of the heavy steel industry. Jim Garrett is a steel worker and times were hard. The stories reflect many of the struggles Jim and Lizzie endure whilst giving their children the best start despite the odds.
The novel is semi-autobiographical. Bill Stanton was also born in this area and at this time. His childhood experiences informed his writing. Bill had already written a number of the episodes in the book as short stories for the BBC’s Morning Story series. These stories were reworked placing Moss as the main protagonist, and then developed to encompass the whole of his childhood. In doing so Bill offers a glimpse of the life in the Steel City between the World Wars.
292 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 22, 2024
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