Donald Good
- Writer
Born in 1921 Don Good was orphaned at the age of 7 when his father was killed in a motor cycle accident in 1929. Along with his sister and two brothers the children went to Reedham Orphanage in Purley, Surrey. As a child Don started making his own books, writing and illustrating them, using cardboard for the covers, he loved writing and went straight into journalism. After being called up during the war he was sent to the jungles of Japanese occupied Burma joining allied special force 'The Chindits'. It was a struggle just to stay alive due to the harsh conditions, many didn't make it. The mission was successful eventually leading to the surrender of the Japanese. Don later worked for many Fleet Street newspapers before settling in Southampton and joining The Southern Evening Echo. He started writing Ambrose and the Mermaid in the late 1940's, picking it up again many times over his lifetime. It was completed by 1978, with changes being made up until 1986. Ambrose and the Mermaid an Underwater Fable is the imaginative and heartwarming tale of a country frog who leaves the peace of his home at the Round Pond on the Essex marshes to seek his fortune in the world outside. He sets off to find his uncle and cousin in the great underwater city of Coralis. This becomes the greatest journey of his life, where Ambrose meets the illustrious inhabitants of the glittering under sea world. Intrigue and mystery follow him as he helps the greatest detective in the world, the K-Fay, to find his missing cousin. In this story he meets, the last of the mermaids.
This fiction is an underwater saga written for entertainment of children of all ages from six to sixty years (and older). Although written in the style of times gone by, it has a timeless appeal. Ambrose's adventures mirror the humour of human attributes, the laughter and poignancy of life......read and see for yourself. This story will delight and hold you spellbound, waiting to find out what happens next. Young or old, this is the kind of story you could come to love. You can read more about the book, illustrators and characters on the official website www.ambroseandthemermaid.com