Grief Is A Shadow

About the Book

This biographical story is a journey through the 52 years of a successful marriage which ended under tragic circumstances. The reader will be confronted in the final chapter with the decision faced by the Author - WAS negligence involved with the demise of his wife? You will be invited to interact with the writer by sharing by email your thoughts.

The story is filled with the humor and pathos of an ordinary couple, who battled the heights of love and the valleys of tribulations, to succeed where many would have failed.

It is written in an easy and flowing style, allowing the reader to enjoy the story without the baffle of long and confusing words.

One reviewer reported that she sat in the well of her yacht and alternately laughed and cried.

The trials and tribulations of his early life in the Canadian Army will give you laughs, and then leaves you enthusiastic as he outlines his revenge on his sadistic antagonists.

Travel with this interesting couple in their many journeys together, both in North America and Europe.

Another reviewer said "A true love story". Grief is a Shadow is not a dialogue of despair, but rather an antidote for living.

About the Author

Albert Swash was born on February 17, 1922. He graduted from Moulsham Street Elementary School in Chelmsford, Essex, at age 14. After volunteering for the Royal Marines in 1940, he served in North Africa. He met and married Iris in Norwich, Norfolk in 1947, and they emigrated to Canada in 1954. He joined the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals in Kingston, Ontario in 1954, and served with the United Nations Expeditionary Force in the Gaza Strip in 1957. He was discharged in 1972.

After employment as a Communications Supervisor in the Halifax Dockyards from 1972 to 1984, he moved to British Columbia, living in Cobble Hill and Ladysmith on Vancouver Island before settling in Chilliwack, outside of Vancouver.

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