Journal Entry 1 by LastEdition on Saturday, June 09, 2007

Book Description (amazon):
For ten years, the army has been Captain Evan Price's family, reassuring in its order and its certainties. But when a routine surveillance operation goes tragically wrong, he is forced to re-evaluate the life he has accepted unquestioningly for so long, and the masculine values that underpin it. Snatching his five-year-old son Terence from his estranged wife, Evan goes on the run from the Military Police sent to arrest him for desertion, heading out to the Welsh mining community of his childhood. The safe haven Evan had hoped for, however, becomes the battleground for a struggle between the ties of the past and his desire to realise a different future.

About the author:
Russell Celyn Jones is the author of four novels. He is a regular book reviewer for THE TIMES and has written features for numerous national papers. He lives with his wife and three children in London.