Yesterdays
Subtitle: A Collection of Short Stories
Publisher: Whitlands Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Victoria, BC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780980983418
Description: THIS COLLECTION is an eclectic mix of stories from Robert's writing over the past 15 years. You'll find autobiographical, historical, adventure, fantasy (ghost) etc. What more can you ask for ... something for everyone ... and as usual, suitable for all ages.

As per many requests, you'll now learn more about Robert's life as a Yorkshire youngster and a mining engineer taking on a very dangerous job. You'll also find two of his poems and our special surprise is a novel within a novel ... a western, which is receiving great reviews. If you're not a western fan, don't worry, if you have enjoyed any of Robert and Joyce's previous novels, you'll not want to miss this one either!! Yesterdays will have you turning the pages whether you laugh or cry!!

Here's a brief synopsis of some of the 16 stories chosen for this volume:
Motivated by Fear - Three young Jewish boys attempt to escape from Berlin after their parents are arrested during WW2. Walking and hitching rides on trains etc., they travel by night and winter weather trying desperately not to get caught as they follow a rough map across Europe.
A Chance Meeting - A wounded soldier, disembarking from a troop ship on Canada's west coast, meets a woman with a young child desperately searching for her husband who was also expected to be returning from the battlefields of Europe. Features characters from Victoria Chronicles Trilogy.
Two Janion Ring Stories - Tales of  old Victoria are told through the ghost of the old Janion Hotel on Victoria's Inner Harbour. 
A Change of Atitude - Some children discover the value of having a lonely old woman as a neighbour.
Confused Identity - A policeman discovers that a street person is not quite what he appeared to be.