Tom is a young man from the traveller community who has a six-year-old sister, Luckry (Lucretia) who's a bit of a pain, and a ‘girlfriend' (don't say that or she'll slap him) Nat. All is going well in a kids growing up kind of way until fracking starts in the local countryside when Tom gets his nickname ‘Blotch' owing to the burns he gets from corrosive chemicals stored in the mining company's yard.But the Travelling community has some beliefs that are not held by everyone and such strong family ties that even death cannot separate generations. And when Luckry swears she's received instructions from dead Big Gran involving throwing money in a wishing well she just has to do it, even if means bringing on an earthquake ...Robert Dawson's Tuesday, Wednesday Quake Day is an endearing adventure story for children which has a central theme of acceptance and a big brother looking out for his little sister.
Robert Dawson became interested in Gypsies at the age of 11. Evicted from education at the age of 14, he became a journalist and crime and police specialist. In 1977, he retrained as a teacher, retiring as a head. Since then he has written full time and is an acknowledged authority on British Romanies.
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This was a very good read. An insight into the Romany people and beliefs as well as a good story.
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John F Sutcliffe - Retired Medical Physicist
Robert Dawson's book " Tuesday, Wednesday, Quake day" highlights how human greed can adversely affect our environment and those people whose lives depend upon it, in this case, the Gypsies. Presently we learn that the new government in Brazil is permitting the destruction of the Amazon rain forest on a massive scale, the largest carbon sink on the planet and source of as yet unknown species of medicinal flora and diverse fauna, threatening the very ability of this planet to support life. Having lived in New Zealand I know what earthquakes are, I have felt a few. To deliberately risk earthquakes in the search for energy resources is the height of criminal irresponsibility. The low oil price has presently halted "fracking" as uneconomic and hopefully, this pause will give authorities time to reconsider the wisdom of this enterprise. For the environmentally aware, I recommend this book.
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Robert Dawson's book " Tuesday, Wednesday, Quake day" highlights how human greed can adversely affect our environment and those people whose lives depend upon it, in this case the Gypsies. Presently we learn that the new government in Brazil is permitting the destruction of the Amazon rain forest on a massive scale, the largest carbon sink on the planet and source of as yet unknown species of medicinal flora and diverse fauna, threatening the very ability of this planet to support life. Having lived in New Zealand I know what earthquakes are, I have felt a few. To deliberately risk earthquakes in the search for energy resources is the height of criminal irresponsibility. The low oil price has presently halted "fracking" as uneconomic and hopefully this pause will give authorities time to reconsider the wisdom of this enterprise. For the environmentally aware, I recommend this book.
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I have just read the book by Robert Dawson "TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, QUAKE DAY".
What a masterpiece on so many levels!
A truly moving story of siblings, who have everyday spats, but love each other unconditionally. A truly moving insight into the daily battles of Romany people in the British Isles. A truly moving story warning about the dangers of fracking and most of all a truly moving story of a small girl in touch with her long-dead grandma who still influences her family from beyond the grave. A masterpiece!!
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