Myra and the Minesweeper

Part One Tells How A Young Welsh Student Of Working Class Origins Joins The Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve As A Sub-Lieutenant In 1939 And Learns The Business Of Minesweeping How To Run A Ship Take Command Of The Men He Is Responsible For Face Life And Death Situations And Spit A Curve To Windward. He Also Has To Cope With His Emotional Education As He Falls Under The Spell Of Several Very Different Women. His Character Develops Against A Background Of Hair-Raising Events And Wild Romantic Encounters Not Excluding Plenty Of Good Laughs. Part Two Describes How He Faces Peace Time With A New Wife And St Bernard Dog And Emigrates In Search Of The Perfect Life First In Switzerland Then In Australia And New Zealand. It Is A Gripping Well Crafted Yarn Hard To Put Down All Narrated With A Lot Of Humour.