Author Veronica Pinckard recounts the
story of her life through cheerful writing
As a promise to her inquisitive
children and friends, Veronica Pinckard relives the earlier years of
her life and writes it in a way with the richness of the ever-cheery
Cockney. Her book, A Damn Fine Growth: Autobiography of a Cockney
Kid, makes readers reflect that “Life is never as bad as we think.”
Born in London opposite the Houses of
Parliament, Pinckard was the last of 16 children. She was educated at
a prestigious school founded in 1666, and became an evacuee in WWII
while in High School. While her seven brothers and her father served
their King and Country, she worked as a wartime secretary for the
inventor of in-flight refuelling and where the first British jet
planes were tested; she was also a medical and legal secretary and
Court Reporter.
Pinckard left England in 1954,
emigrating to Canada and New Zealand. She emigrated to California in
1960, finally settling in the Santa Clarita Valley. She was married
first for 26 years and now happily married for 35 years and counting.
She has been a docent for 22 years at the Los Angeles Zoo touring
school children, visiting schools to show slides on the plight of
endangered animals, and reading to children at a local school.
Despite challenges along her walk
through life, Pinckard continues to maintain a happy attitude up
until today, as can be seen through her writing. With illuminating
detail, A Damn Fine Growth: Autobiography of a Cockney Kid will bring
smiles, tears, and rich memories to its readers.
For more information on this book,
interested parties may log on to http://www.Xlibris.com.
Married with 4 children, 6 grandchildren and a great grandson, Veronica Pinckard has travelled extensively with her husband and at 85 remains active in Tai Chi Chu’an, handiwork and learning to play the piano.
She has written and published many
short stories, including an award-winning one.
A Damn Fine Growth * by Veronica
Pinckard
Autobiography of a Cockney Kid
Publication Date: June 22, 2012
Trade Paperback; $23.99; 406 pages; 978-1-4771-2411-6
Trade Hardback; $34.99; 406 pages; 978-1-4771-2412-3
eBook; $3.99; 978-1-4771-2413-0
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