Martin Gordon
Animo Non Astutia|“By Bravery Not Deceit”
Read a sample from my autobiography “No Love Here”.
"We don't publish fiction" a publisher told Martin Gordon, after reading a synopsis of "No Love Here". It has been said that 'truth is stranger than fiction'. This remarkable book strongly supports that theory.
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'The lion sleeps- rest in peace, Cesar.' Words attached to Sir Rod Stewart's wreath for Billy McNeill.
The Story
“NO LOVE HERE” has been at least twenty years in the writing. Hopefully, like a good wine it has improved with age. I was motivated to begin writing the book, when life for my family and I was at its lowest point, living in Ballina, County Mayo. I was of the opinion that it was important to record the story of my life up until then; if not for publication, then certainly as a family history.
We had met the ‘evil men’ I mentioned earlier, and through their evil deeds had lost our home and our future in London. One morning, I stood outside our home in Mill Hill and with a weeping wife and three small, bewildered children by our sides watched the banks representatives change the locks on our front door. At that moment, I had no idea where we were going to sleep that night.
My aunt in Enniscrone had always said to me: “The world will teach you”. It certainly had and with a vengeance. Meanwhile, the Irish solicitor who was the main cause of our woes had fled with his family to the continent; pursued by the law Society and the Fraud squad.
I hope that "NO LOVE HERE" will help others who may face hardship and disappointments, or even tragedy in their lives, that God is good and that
...“He Writes Straight With Crooked Lines”.