{"product_id":"from-the-docks-to-the-stage-one-boy-one-city-a-journey-carried-by-music-9798243053600","title":"From the Docks to the Stage: One boy. One city. A journey carried by music.","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ricky Sachdeva | Sidak Sachdeva\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA 1950s Liverpool teenager's story - written by a present-day Liverpool teenager.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA historical novel about work, music, and finding a voice in post-war Britain\u003cp\u003eIn post-war Liverpool, the river decides who you become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the late summer of 1957, and fifteen-year-old Patrick Flynn grows up beside the River Mersey, where cranes groan, ships arrive from across the Atlantic, and men leave home each morning unsure if they will return. When Patrick's father, a dock labourer, is killed in a workplace accident, the family is left with no compensation, no security, and no choice but to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForced to leave school and take on dangerous dock work, Patrick's future seems fixed by loss and labour. Then he hears something that does not belong on the docks - music. Sounds carried from America into Liverpool's streets, cellars, and clubs offer something the river never did: choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the shipping industry resists change and begins to fail, Liverpool's music scene is just beginning to rise. Guided by an unlikely mentor and shaped by the harsh realities of working-class life, Patrick learns that music is not an escape from history, but a way of understanding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against real historical events - Irish immigration, the Liverpool Blitz, post-war rebuilding, dock labour, and the birth of Merseybeat - \u003ci\u003eFrom the Docks to the Stage\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how ordinary lives are shaped by extraordinary times. The novel brings history to life not through dates and facts alone, but through the daily choices, struggles, and hopes of working people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten originally as a \u003cb\u003eschool history project by a teenage author\u003c\/b\u003e, this book grew into a carefully researched work of historical fiction, showing how curiosity, storytelling, and a love of local history can turn learning into something lived and felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is ideal for: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders who enjoy \u003cb\u003ehistorical fiction rooted in real places\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeen and young adult readers interested in \u003cb\u003emusic, identity, and social change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGCSE students\u003c\/b\u003e looking to understand post-war Britain, migration, and class through story rather than textbooks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eParents and teachers seeking fiction that supports historical understanding while remaining engaging and accessible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory often repeats itself, but its mistakes do not have to. By seeing the past through ordinary lives, we learn not just what happened, but why it mattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Docks to the Stage\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving coming-of-age story about resilience, fairness, and finding a voice when the world expects silence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47572157431959,"sku":"9798243053600","price":533.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798243053600.webp?v=1774889120","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/from-the-docks-to-the-stage-one-boy-one-city-a-journey-carried-by-music-9798243053600","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}