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Valleys Unveiled

Thursday 8 May 2008, 7.00 pm

Cinnamon Press launches Mike Jenkins’ fast paced new novella The Fugitive Three.  Never one to shy away from life’s quirks, here Mike Jenkins shows us three young people in a south Wales valleys estate whose stories intertwine and who, despite the odds, refuse to live lives of quiet desperation. 

Glanfa, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff.  Free entry.
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The Fugitive Three

In the south Wales town of Cwmtaff three characters find their stories coming together and insist on hope and rebellion in the face of overwhelming odds:  Shelly Bush, a fiery, intelligent girl whose mother died of a drug overdose leaving her at the mercy of a harsh ‘care’ system; Sam Taylor, who seems adept only at getting life wrong; and Mary Croft, a gifted A level student who feels alienated from her father after the death of her mother and betrayed by her boyfriend. Sharp, funny, fast paced and precisely executed The Fugitive Three is a dazzling display of dialect, plot and characters who, despite their flaws, are completely believable and eminently likeable.

“….narrated in a clipped, cartoon-like manner, blunt and humorous… The Fugitive Three is about isolation and the loss of the mother. It concerns the indifference (and worse) of society and shows how youngsters may be scarred but still possess a razor-edge resilience that can help them survive their wasted lives.” - John Pikoulis