The Journey is Home by John Sam Jones
In this clear and absorbing memoir John Sam Jones writes of a life lived on the edge. It is story of journeys and realisation, of acceptance and joy.
“The Journey is Home is elegantly woven together, enormously readable and engaging.. there is great value in this book. I found much tranquillity, amusement and love in its pages.” – Nation.Cymru; “...an incredibly important insight into the lives of individuals who had to inhabit the far less hospitable and more openly homophobic world of the recent past.” – The Welsh Agenda
John Sam Jones’ life began on the coast of Wales, where
he then became an undergraduate in Aberystwyth. After
a scholarship at Berkley, San Francisco, he moved back
to the UK to work in chaplaincy, education and sexual
health during the AIDS epidemic. In 2001 he became
the first co-chair of the LGB Forum Cymru (now
known as Stonewall Cymru), set up to advise the Welsh
Government on LGB issues. He also ran a guesthouse
with his husband in Barmouth for many years, where
he eventually became mayor. After the European Union
Referendum, John moved to Germany. He now lives in
semi-retirement with his husband and two Welsh Collies
in a small German village next to the Dutch border. As
well as his short fiction, he also has two novels published: With Angels and Furies and
Crawling Through Thorns.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781914595103 |
| ISBN 10 | 1914595106 |
| Title | The Journey is Home |
| Author | John Sam Jones |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Parthian Books |
| Year published | 2022-06-22 |
| Number of pages | 212 |
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