Bubble 'n' Squeak

<p>Through the dynamic interplay between memory and imagination Stephen J. Groak explores his colorful childhood in 1970s West Auckland New Zealand in a collection of twenty-seven stand-alone short stories. With Nigel Sorenson as an alter ego Groak experiments with POV in a hodgepodge of voices and tales that gel like the English-style breakfast bubble and squeak—a meal traditionally made on a Sunday morning from the leftovers of the previous evening's roast dinner. From childhood loss terrifying visits to the primary school murder house and Huckleberry Finn–type adventures with sister-mate Helen to discoveries of American fast food the Beatles’ <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em> and women <em>Bubble ’n’ Squeak: A Collection of Short Stories</em>offers teenage and adult readers a poignant and humorous portrait of a Kiwi country boy’s coming-of-age Down Under.</p><p> </p>