Mama

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Rod Coulson has an early baptism into the real world at the hands of bullies. His “Mama” dies suddenly. Rod rebels under the guidance of his grandfather; violence comes easy. Blanche Land comes into his life, and he falls in love.

He becomes embroiled in the world of protection; Roger Swan befriends him, and Bogie Watson arrives on the scene, like-minded and vicious.

The ultimate right-hand man, totally loyal; the violence spirals out of control. Carmen comes into his life; is she too late? Can she save him?

She sees another side to the hard, brutal enforcer. Can she turn his life around? Impossible, some might say, ‘Mad Mick’ and Robbie Piercy come into his life. Maybe they can influence him; a natural wheeler/dealer, everything he does makes a profit. They encourage him to buy property; even then, violence plays a part. Squatters are difficult to shift, but not for Bogie and Mick.

Robin Nicholson grew up near Blaydon, a suburb of Newcastle, and spent much of his childhood lost in a world of imagination. One of nine children, he was a natural storyteller from an early age. As an adult, he travelled the world working as a plasterer in the construction industry – always carrying a book with him, thanks to the encouragement of his former English teacher, Sally Herdman.

‘Sally Herdman’ is now the pen name under which Robin writes. The characters in Mama draw on the many people and experiences he encountered throughout his life, woven into a vivid portrait of Tyneside in the 1960s and early 1970s.