Stealing Water: A Secret Life in an African City - Tim Ecott

Stealing Water Essentially a quite gentle story about a family, about growing British - but not always in Britain - in the 1960's and 1970's, but with a couple of twists: First, son of an Army officer (so the so-called 'Army brat' we have all heard of) but how does that work when your mother was an Army brat too and misses the India of her birth (and the servants, too): Second when your Dad is posted to Northern Ireland during the Troubles (like finding a bomb on the back seat of the car), but your Mum is Irish; Third when you move not just home every few years, but sometimes move continent, too: And when your Dad was sent away to school at 4 years old and ...  Read the complete review

Growing up is always a challenge which is often hindered with difficulties. People have learnt to cope in varying ways, but unfortunately some have it much worse off than others. Stealing Water is Tim Ecotts wonderful memoirs about his young life, his journey into adulthood and the challenges he faced. Tim Ecott was an army child. He had a secure and protected upbringing by both his parents and in the larger light the forces. He spent much of his early childhood overseas, and generally had a life of routine and luxury. When his father decided to leave the army, life changed drastically. Based in Northern Ireland, where his mother was from, it was not really ...  Read the complete review