No Life Like It: Book Two - Softcover

Tripp, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1647506050 ISBN 13: 9781647506056

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers, 2024

Synopsis

John Tripp returns with another vibrant narrative steeped in the fabric of naval life in No Life Like It: Book Two. We rejoin Jack and the sailors from the HMCS Gatineau as they carry on dealing with various 'brushfires' after returning from the festive wedding of Catharine and Dave Atkinson in Ireland. The navy decides to provide the crew with an MTB to assist on their adventures at sea.

With the new vessel and some downtime over Christmas, the sailors get up to all manner of lighthearted mischief and camaraderie. The tale captures the essence of friendship and humor that sees these men through unpredictable trials and twists of fate. Yet when adventure calls, the crew must come together to face each challenge.

This story offers readers a window into the shaping experiences of military life, from the competitive revelry during holidays to the unbreakable bonds forged in the heat of action. Along the way, the narrative travels from the snowy landscapes of Ireland to the bustling Canadian docks of Halifax, and out onto the high seas.

About this title

About the Author

John Tripp was born in England on the 16th of December 1944 on the night of Germany's attack on the Ardennes Forest, where his father Captain William Neil Tripp fought as a combat engineer in the RCEME in the British Second Army.

He was brought to Canada as a two-year-old boy. His father died of PTSD on his birthday 1948. John grew up as an orphan in Saskatchewan and didn't meet his mother until 1964 when he joined the Australian forces fighting in Vietnam. He was decorated with the General Service Medal with Vietnam clasp for his part in the fighting around the Mekong Delta.

After leaving the service in 1968, he lived homeless on the streets of Vancouver working to help his contemporaries, providing first aid and feeding the homeless he was on intimate terms with through a Vancouver charity called Kool Aid.

He never attended university and always wished he could have afforded to go; however, he did work in the hotel and bar industry as a bartender, a bodyguard, and maître d until attending Caribou College in Kamloops, BC, where he studied building construction and went on to work 40 years in the construction industry, first starting as a cabinetmaker and finishing as a project manager.

He has a wife and two children in British Columbia but lives alone as a religious recluse, writing to express both feelings and memories and playing his guitars for entertainment between writing and editing. He has been writing for fourteen years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1647506050
• ISBN 13: 9781647506056
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 257