From Rags with Brains

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Learn to deal with honour. Act with courage. And try to act with humility. England, 1968: Sixteen-year-old Scott Measures flees his abusive orphanage with nothing but the clothes on his back and a secret his tormentors never discovered – a brilliant mathematical mind that sees patterns where others see only chaos. Still suffering from his ordeal in the orphanage, Scott soon learns that freedom comes with its own cruelty and injustice. But just when it seems the world is determined to break him, a few acts of kindness offer him hope. Now, armed with his extraordinary gift for numbers and an unbreakable will to survive, Scott begins to turn the tables on a system rigged against him, seeing a way to forge a new identity and change his life for the better.

Robin Wells started his working life as a plumber, after some 40 years including many different aspects of the plumbing world; finishing his career over the next 10 years as a lecturer in plumbing at both Worcester and Hereford colleges of technology. He has three children and five grandchildren. Robin started writing a historical novel over 30 years ago and has written five more stand-alone novels since. From Rags with Brains is his first published work. He now lives with his wife in Shropshire and still writing.

Customer Reviews

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Roy

Robin kindly gave me this book to read and asked if I could provide a review. I am not an avid reader and I do not tend to write reviews but I found it an excellent read. Sadly work around the house had to stop as I couldn't put it down wondering what would happen next. It had more twists than a length of rope and was very pleased he gave me the opportunity of this damn good read.
Enid

I Found this story a very interesting read, couldn't put it down. An excellent first novel, couldn't wait to find out the ending of the book. I would recommend this book.