16 July 2024 - 'TEAM SKIPPY' - NEW BOOK RELEASE by CLANCY TUCKER

 

'TEAM SKIPPY'

NEW BOOK RELEASE

CLANCY TUCKER

 

G'day folks,

 Well, book five in the 'Kick-Ass' series is ready to hit the bookstores. It's title is TEAM SKIPPY,  and book six is almost ready to go. Having said that, I seriously suggest you read the four previous novels before you read this book: 'KICK-ASS' TYLER' , 'BETTER THAN SLICED BREAD', 'LIFE SUCKS!', and GOTCHA!'. That way, you will follow Sam Tyler as she encounters life, and a heap of experiences along the way.

 

DEDICATION: 

 This book is dedicated to those 

who have done wonderful things

 to change the lives of homeless kids.

 

 

COVER:

 

BACK COVER:

BLURB:

TEAM SKIPPY

Clancy Tucker – winner of three awards in the Australian National Literary Awards: 2006, 2007 and 2011

Sam Tyler wins her first case as a criminal barrister and a Thai lawyer, Dao, invites her to be a guest speaker in Bangkok. Returning home, Sam learns that a colleague, Lindy, is sacked for being a lesbian. Sam and barrister, Dan Valenti, resign in disgust, Sam establishes her own law firm and asks Dan and Lindy to join her.

Sam and Mick get engaged and Mick’s a hero for rescuing a family from a bushfire, but a sudden death sends Sam into meltdown. Invited to Thailand to heal, Sam bonds with eight Thai kids she calls ‘Team Skippy’, teaches them to swim, and saves eight-year-old Ploy from drowning. Although non-verbal, Ploy is a brilliant artist and highly intelligent. Sam is captivated by her and Ploy finds her voice after Sam saves her from a fire.

Arresting a man for abducting a homeless girl, Sam exposes a global paedophile and child-trafficking ring and she’s offered a reward, but Sam wants the money spent on a safe house for homeless kids.

A wealthy Thai woman, Kitty, donates a home to Sam’s cause for homeless kids and Sam learns that her late father lent Kitty money whilst on R&R in the 1970’s. After helping Dao in a Thai court, Sam heads home, but receives stunning news about Kitty as she boards her flight.

    What is Kitty’s stunning news? What was the connection between Sam’s father and Kitty? Why does Ploy captivate Sam?

 

 

‘There are moments in life, when you miss

someone so much, you just want to pick them from

your dreams and hug them for real.’

 

 

 

ISSUES RAISED IN THIS NOVEL:

 

LAW, COURTS, HOMELESS KIDS, DEATH,

 GRIEVING,  FUNERALS, 

THAILAND, BUDDHISM, KIDS, 

SWIMMING, AUTISM, LOYALTY, MARTIAL 

ARTS, FITNESS, PAEDOPHILES AND CHILD 

TRAFFICKING, FIREFIGHTERS, BRAVERY, 

ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND PRINCIPLES.

 

CLANCY'S COMMENT:

 

 Now, don't be shy. Grab a copy for yourself, your daughter or granddaughter. Oh, this book is not just for females. Young men will find some serious reminders in this book. Trust me, this book will command your attention. You can purchase a copy via Amazon, and E-books are also available or ... 

 

Email me for a signed copy:

clancy_tucker@hotmail.com

 

 

Love ya work, Sam!

I'm ...

 

18 July 2023 - HUNDREDS OF RUINS IN IRELAND - RATHCROGHAN

 

HUNDREDS OF RUINS

 IN IRELAND 

- RATHCROGHAN  -

G'day folks,

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins. 

Rathcroghan, or Cruachan Aí, is an archaeologist’s dream. Found in the center of County Roscommon, it contains about 240 identified archaeological sites packed within an area of about 2.5 square miles.

This landscape confidently bears witness to nearly 5,500 years of continuous settlement. The earliest known monument is a small court tomb from the early Neolithic Period. Bronze and Iron Age burial mounds dot the earth. You’ll also find traces of massive feats of late Iron Age architecture such as the Rathcroghan Mound and the Mucklaghs earthworks as well as early historic settlement sites and religious foundations. The later medieval period sees Rathcroghan divided into a large matrix of field systems, evidence of the pastoral farming practice common to this region from prehistory up to the present day.

 

This area, perhaps unsurprisingly, is also one of the key theaters of Ireland’s impressive collection of intoxicating mythology and literature. It boasts the mythological gateway into the Irish Otherworld: the cave of Oweynagat. Uaimh na gCat (Gaelic for “Cave of the Cats”) is the origin place of the pre-Christian seasonal celebration of Samhain, the Celtic precursor to modern Halloween.

Rathcroghan is the starting point for a whole series of Iron Age heroic cattle raiding tales, known as na Tána. Indeed, the central tale of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, an Táin Bó Cúailnge, Ireland’s greatest epic, rises out of Rathcroghan, at the behest of the famous Iron Age Warrior Queen Medb (Maeve) of Connacht. Medb is a vital part of this landscape, and of the West more generally, and her capitol and palace are reputed to be located on the Rathcroghan landscape. These stories record the deeds of Ireland’s heroes, such as Cú Chulainn, Fráoch, the Morrigan, Conor Mac Nessa, Ferdia, and Medb herself.

Many of these archaeological sites retain links to these heroic tales through their names, among them Reilig na Rí (the Cemetery of Kings), Caiseal Mhanannán (the stone fort of Manannán mac Lír, god of the sea), Rath na dtarbh (the fort of the bulls), Daithí’s Stone, and more. Hearing these stories, told on this earthen canvas, is the perfect way to understand the previous generations who walked this sacred landscape.