Climbing Kilimanjaro

About the Book

Climbing Kilimanjaro is a follow up to the Boyzie Trilogy. Boyzie, on leaving hospital is intent on starting a new life. He obtains work as a counsellor at his old venue , The Family Support Centre on Bread St and moves in with his mate Andy. But all does not go according to plan and his hopes are soon dashed though he remains determined to reach the “top of his Kilimanjaro”. He reads about three mates with whom he went to college and the fact that they are endeavouring to raise a large amount of money for the eradication of River Blindness in Africa. This is inspiring and Boyzie , undaunted by a sequence of events which culminate in Andys eventual decease, endeavours to remain positive, keeping his mind on the goal he wishes to obtain i.e. to shape a completely new life for himself – to reach the top of his own fictitious mountain.

About the Author

John Broome was born in New Silksworth, Sunderland, County Durham in June 1947. He has been blind since birth, and was educated in a number of “special” schools throughout the country. At the age of 16 and a half years, he went to an Assessment Centre in Reigate, Surrey, where he met his future wife, Kathleen. John Broome moved from the South-East to Derbyshire in August of 1969, and he and Kathleen were married in June 1970. John works for a Charitable Association, and has been attempting to write a novel for over 30 years. But two and a half years ago, after a long illness and several major operations, he decided to endeavour to make his dream a reality. Now, he is about to see the culmination of his dream as, following the successful publication of his first novel “The Boyzie Trilogy”, his second novel “Climbing Kilimanjaro” is now published. John Broome is now almost 61 years of age, and has recently undergone training with his fifth guide dog – the “Lady Olivia” – he loves life and lives it to the full, despite his visual impairment.