My Summer of 69: What does it mean to marry the most exciting unpredicable man you've ever met after only a few short weeks
A memoir about a tumultuous relationship in the late ’ 60s in Sitges, the Spanish coastal town where the party never stops, the champagne flows and boundaries are pushed. When Penny encountered the adventurous bar owner Tom Corley she found herself drawn to him despite her lack of experience with men. Instantly falling for the charismatic ‘man in black’ , she eagerly embraced his carefree lifestyle filled with gambling, drinking, and wild escapades in Sitges, a vibrant Mediterranean party hub. Tom was a former US Marine with a shady past and his money-making schemes bumped up against the law, but that didn’ t matter to Penny. He had captured her heart, leading to their hasty marriage after a chance meeting on a Spanish beach in the Mediterranean. After a spell in his hometown of Dublin, they settled back in Sitges, where they ran a succession of businesses that, boom or bust, never quite managed to keep Tom out of trouble. The unpredictability of their life together kept her hooked for a decade, during which time she had two sons, until a last dodgy deal went badly wrong, and a dark undercurrent of violence finally became too much to bear. Then, for the sake of her safety, and her
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My Summer of 69: What does it mean to marry the most exciting unpredicable man you've ever met after only a few short weeks
A memoir about a tumultuous relationship in the late ’ 60s in Sitges, the Spanish coastal town where the party never stops, the champagne flows and boundaries are pushed. When Penny encountered the adventurous bar owner Tom Corley she found herself drawn to him despite her lack of experience with men. Instantly falling for the charismatic ‘man in black’ , she eagerly embraced his carefree lifestyle filled with gambling, drinking, and wild escapades in Sitges, a vibrant Mediterranean party hub. Tom was a former US Marine with a shady past and his money-making schemes bumped up against the law, but that didn’ t matter to Penny. He had captured her heart, leading to their hasty marriage after a chance meeting on a Spanish beach in the Mediterranean. After a spell in his hometown of Dublin, they settled back in Sitges, where they ran a succession of businesses that, boom or bust, never quite managed to keep Tom out of trouble. The unpredictability of their life together kept her hooked for a decade, during which time she had two sons, until a last dodgy deal went badly wrong, and a dark undercurrent of violence finally became too much to bear. Then, for the sake of her safety, and her
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My Summer of 69: What does it mean to marry the most exciting unpredicable man you've ever met after only a few short weeks

My Summer of 69: What does it mean to marry the most exciting unpredicable man you've ever met after only a few short weeks

by Penelope Gardiner
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My Summer of 69: What does it mean to marry the most exciting unpredicable man you've ever met after only a few short weeks

by Penelope Gardiner

Overview

A memoir about a tumultuous relationship in the late ’ 60s in Sitges, the Spanish coastal town where the party never stops, the champagne flows and boundaries are pushed. When Penny encountered the adventurous bar owner Tom Corley she found herself drawn to him despite her lack of experience with men. Instantly falling for the charismatic ‘man in black’ , she eagerly embraced his carefree lifestyle filled with gambling, drinking, and wild escapades in Sitges, a vibrant Mediterranean party hub. Tom was a former US Marine with a shady past and his money-making schemes bumped up against the law, but that didn’ t matter to Penny. He had captured her heart, leading to their hasty marriage after a chance meeting on a Spanish beach in the Mediterranean. After a spell in his hometown of Dublin, they settled back in Sitges, where they ran a succession of businesses that, boom or bust, never quite managed to keep Tom out of trouble. The unpredictability of their life together kept her hooked for a decade, during which time she had two sons, until a last dodgy deal went badly wrong, and a dark undercurrent of violence finally became too much to bear. Then, for the sake of her safety, and her

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781760796815
Publisher: New Holland Publishers, Limited UK
Publication date: 12/02/2024
Pages: 172
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Now living in a beautiful little surf town of Raglan on the West coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in a dreamy tiny home overlooking the water. With my lovely rescue dog Wade, I take my paddle board out on the harbour. Have some wonderful new friends and neighbours with my busy life and of course my fabulous four grand children who make me happy just looking at them.

Table of Contents

1. I Meet the Man in Black 7 2. My Earliest Memories 13 3. Freedom At Last 25 4. Adventures on the Continent 36 5. I Fall in Love with Portugal and Spain 45 6. Back to Sitges & Tom 57 7. Tom and I Get Married 66 8. The End of The Summer of ’ 69 73 9. We Move to Ireland 82 10. Alan is Born & We Move Back to Sitges 98 11. Nicholas Comes Into the World 110 12. The White House Years 1976– 1980 126 13. The Great Diamond Heist 137 14. Tom Out of Jail and the End of our Marriage 149 15. Epilogue 158 Acknowledgements 163
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