Mally provides an emotional rollercoaster ride for the reader. It is unlike the majority of its genre in that he is blatantly honest about his life experiences and that includes holing his hand up when his own actions have led to periods in approved school and prison. Early years and life with a brutal father whose harsh beatings and sadistic discipline over the boy, his siblings and adored mother, leads him to contemplate murder. The violence and humiliation would have crushed a young person of less strength of character. His lot in institutions designed to care and change the lives of children and young offenders enhance the unease today when allegations over child abuse and maltreatment leak into the public domain today. Yet throughout, this conversational style of writing is laced with great humour. His stories of times at sea, of efforts to build his business and those who conned him, his struggles with the City Council, Government agencies and the media show his unending effort to turn life around and find a new direction. The account of the Big Brother audition and subsequent success on DOND will tickle you all. As for BB, the briefest of time spent in that nightmare with the present occupants would make me suicidal or commit mass murder.
As well as being a fantastically good read for most, it should be a must for everyone in the care or custodial professions and policy think tanks as a study text.
I cannot wait for the sequels, nor to place an order for further copies of MALLY THE BOY WHO FLEW THROUGH WINDOWS.

James - Contestant Show 29

Mally, I hope you don't mind me writing this but I feel as a friend I need to blow your trumpet! You might be embarrassed by what I am about to type here but for the few of us who spent the time with you in Bristol and subsequent events - I am privileged and honoured to have met such a wonderful person and someone I can call a friend. Your book is an inspiration as I have already told you but for those of you who are yet to read "Mally the Boy" it really does make you think and question life and the road or path we choose. Mally is a rough diamond! First impressions can be deceiving, but never have I met or encountered a person with so much heart and sincerity. The book conveys this message in a sad yet contradictory funny way! It also demonstrates one man's perseverance to overcome all odds and change one's life! One thing I will personally take from this, the first of three instalments is that there is no such thing as failure - only learning curves.

I hope you all enjoy the book as much as I did.....

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