'Tom Jones Saves the
World'
is a humourous little story about a boy trapped in a walled suberbia
with a mum who has a secret
and a dad who
talks 'twaddle' and collects bottle tops.
Tom has a friend
named Cleopatra and her parents are odd as well. Together Tom and
Cleo hatch a plan to get Tom’s dad and his
grandfather talking again.
Tom Jones Saves
the World
is an entertaining short story with a moral for us all.
Naomi 3 stars
As an aside, we had the
chance to meet Steven Herrick at the Byron Writers’ Festival.
When we were speaking to Steven Eva asked
him how the title of the book is related to the text? Steven thought
this was an
excellent question and responded with, ‘I think the story is about each
of us
helping one another and in this way we each save the world in little
bits’.
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