ESCAPE FROM THE WHITE GHETTO

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Imagine being nineyears old and walking to the market with your mother while tripping over the debris from WWII bombing. And then suddenly seeing a childs toy lying half-covered beneath black char and rubble. This was Bill Walkeys reality growing up. He depicts such scenes in this book of heartfelt short stories. With both sadness and rays of understanding, he explores themes such as the poverty and pride of the local people amid war-torn Birmingham during the early 1950s. Bill takes us through a period of history that was not experienced by many or has now been forgotten. However, it has not been forgotten by him. The book