TWO BOOKS BY ME - STEPHEN BOYD: FROM BELFAST TO HOLLYWOOD & HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN KELLY?

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 Hello again.


Sabbatical over (for now!).


Two books to promote.



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stephen-Boyd-Belfast-Hollywood-Revised/dp/1786101106/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3L9HPYQPM85MS&keywords=%22Joe+Cushnan%27&qid=1700334969&sprefix=joe+cushnan%27%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-1




 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Has-Anybody-Here-Seen-Kelly/dp/1803022450/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3L9HPYQPM85MS&keywords=%22Joe+Cushnan%27&qid=1700334969&sprefix=joe+cushnan%27%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-2


A biography of an Ulster-born movie star and a personal memoir about a cowardly father and a heroic mother. And a bit about me.

 



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