The Author is donating all profits to the charities “Help for Heroes” and “The Army Benevolent Fund (North East)”. The book is promoted by The Rotary Club of Chester-le-Street.

The book launch will be an extravaganza
to celebrate and support charity.

“My Son The Enemy” is a fictional novel based on truth. It follows the lives of a wealthy German Jewish family in Berlin in the 1930s. They suffer persecution by the Nazi’s, one endures many years in a concentration camp, followed by a further two years detention on the Island of Cyprus by the British Government from 1946 -1948.

In 1930 the family sent their youngest member (a five year old child) to an Aunt in England to escape from Hitler. Unknown to the family her husband hated Jews, converts the boy to a typical Englishman and changes his name from Simon Schuman to Alan Lambert.

The boy’s Uncle escapes from Germany to Palestine and becomes a Jewish terrorist, fighting British soldiers.

By an intriguing piece of creative writing, the climax of the story is reached in 1946. The boy, an officer in the British Army, is guarding holocaust survivors who are being detained in the camps on the Island of Cyprus. His mother is one of the detainees and hates the British. His Uncle is a terrorist in nearby Palestine and neither Mother, Son or Uncle are aware of the others existence.

The love aspect of the story is treated with dignity, gradually working up to a wonderful ending.

The book is available by posting £9.95 plus post & package (UK & BFPO: £1.50, Europe: £3.50, World-wide: £6.00) to Carole Pritchard, 18 Provident Street, Pelton Lane Ends, Chester-le-Street, Co Durham DH2 1NS. Cheques made payable to “Rotary Club of Chester-le-Street”.

About the Author

David Hughes is an 84 year old great grandfather, who has devoted the last 10 years to charity fund raising (over £70,000 to Marie Curie, Mencap, Grace House Childrens’ Hospice, Orphans in Palestine etc etc).

He has published six books, produced water colour paintings and has given talks to over 500 organisations in his fund raising activity. He never claims expenses or charges a fee for his services.

He was a Sergeant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps from1946 to 1948, served in Palestine, followed by service on the Island of Cyprus when Jewish holocaust survivors were detained in camps by the British Government.

David was considered to be a retail rebel during his career at the Co-op in the 1960s. He opened the first self-service store in the North East of England, introduced cut prices “buy one get one FREE”, and stopped co-op dividend.

He is a member of Rotary International, The Royal Society of St George, Probus, two Art Clubs and teaches art to a group of Senior Citizens.