Mr Smith To You

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Affirm Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2023
Edition: First Edition

Description: 292 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. A Novel Based On The True Story Of Australian Jockey Bill Smith - A Life Lived In Secret.

Publishers Description: For most of his 76 years, Bill Smith preferred solitude over socialising, horses over people and confidentiality over confidantes. As a jockey, he was known for always turning up already fully kitted out in his silks. But now, in his advancing years, a fall lands him in full-time care and it becomes impossible to maintain his privacy. Nurse Maureen Bannon resents having to look after the geries, especially grumpy old buggers like Mr Smith, but when she discovers Bills secret an unlikely alliance is formed. Bill was assigned female at birth, a fact that shaped his life but never limited his ambition. With Mr Smiths health declining and time running out, Maureen wants to find someone who knows and loves him, but only one name seems to mean anything to Bill - Catherine, his first love. Can Maureen find out more to help Bill find peaceMr Smith to You is a beautiful and tender novel about identity and a powerful testament to kindness and the human spirit.

ISBN: 9781922863379