What do you think?
Rate this book
Bulgaria: Unfinished Business
An epic journey; ten years of history; unfinished business in Bulgaria.
Geoff, his wife, their two horses and dog set out for Bulgaria in a thirty year old horsebox. At first the trip goes to plan, but as they get further into the journey things begin to unravel. Moving forward and back in time the book gives an account of the joys and the hazards they meet on this journey, whilst simultaneously telling the often hilarious story of Geoff’s ten year history with Bulgaria. Finally it deals with their current life with their animals in a small rural village in the foothills of the Balkans. It tells of the beauty of the region and describes their basic yet contented life amongst their Bulgarian neighbours. It is a story of characters and ways of life virtually forgotten in the West and shows that we have much to relearn about the joys of keeping things simple.
Geoff, his wife, their two horses and dog set out for Bulgaria in a thirty year old horsebox. At first the trip goes to plan, but as they get further into the journey things begin to unravel. Moving forward and back in time the book gives an account of the joys and the hazards they meet on this journey, whilst simultaneously telling the often hilarious story of Geoff’s ten year history with Bulgaria. Finally it deals with their current life with their animals in a small rural village in the foothills of the Balkans. It tells of the beauty of the region and describes their basic yet contented life amongst their Bulgarian neighbours. It is a story of characters and ways of life virtually forgotten in the West and shows that we have much to relearn about the joys of keeping things simple.
216 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 5, 2015
2 people are currently reading
5 people want to read
About the author
Geoff Hart
5 books1 followerGeoff is a freelance author and poet. Although serious about his prose Geoff writes poetry for fun, often to mark family occasions and to amuse his friends which could explain why he has not got many.
Geoff was born in London, but has spent almost all of his adult life, up until moving to Bulgaria, in rural North Wales.
In what he says feels like a previous life Geoff was a child care professional.He graduated in Sociology at Portsmouth and later qualified as a social worker at Liverpool. He spent over thirty years working mainly in child protection, firstly in a local authority, later moving to a well-known children's charity. In the later part of his social work career Geoff worked on projects aiming to improve child care provision across Europe including in Bulgaria.
Geoff is married to a beautiful German woman from a literary family - Marieluise's mother was a successful novelist - and hopes that with the publication of a number of books he may at last attain full family membership.
Geoff has two grown up daughters and four grandchildren. He enjoys life with his horses, growing vegetables and sitting outside on a warm evening drinking beer with his friends.
His favourite authors are George Orwell and Kurt Vonnegut.
See Geoff's blog at: https://geoffsbgblog.wordpress.com/
Geoff was born in London, but has spent almost all of his adult life, up until moving to Bulgaria, in rural North Wales.
In what he says feels like a previous life Geoff was a child care professional.He graduated in Sociology at Portsmouth and later qualified as a social worker at Liverpool. He spent over thirty years working mainly in child protection, firstly in a local authority, later moving to a well-known children's charity. In the later part of his social work career Geoff worked on projects aiming to improve child care provision across Europe including in Bulgaria.
Geoff is married to a beautiful German woman from a literary family - Marieluise's mother was a successful novelist - and hopes that with the publication of a number of books he may at last attain full family membership.
Geoff has two grown up daughters and four grandchildren. He enjoys life with his horses, growing vegetables and sitting outside on a warm evening drinking beer with his friends.
His favourite authors are George Orwell and Kurt Vonnegut.
See Geoff's blog at: https://geoffsbgblog.wordpress.com/
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
No one has reviewed this book yet.