A Handful of Sand

This is the remarkable life story of John Arnold Sydney Marshall - Arnold to all who know him. It tells of his life and times - a life you could say has been so ordinary yet so extraordinary. A life in which he swears he wouldn’t change one damned thing, because he has loved his time on this earth and not once regretted where it has carried him or what it has brought him. The book is the outcome of years of persuading Arnold to make a record for posterity of his sagas and stories of so many loved ones, friends, enemies, and the triumphs, disasters, comedies and tragedies he has lived through, as he recalls his 87 years. So this is one Geordie’s tale, the story of a small lad and his epic journey through childhood, youth and manhood. A good man with a sharp eye and quick brain, hard fists but a great heart and good soul. Here’s the simple story, honestly told, of how one man lives his life.