{"product_id":"the-teller-of-tall-tales-david-j-sarley-9798996819812","title":"The Teller of Tall Tales: A Survivor's Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn into a poor, mixed-race, working-class family, David Sarley's journey takes him from a childhood of outside toilets and misplaced silver spoons to the corridors of global power. Along the way he encounters Queen Elizabeth II, President Obama, Bill Gates, Laurence Olivier and - through one degree of separation -Margaret Thatcher, Nikita Khrushchev, Terence Stamp, Saddam Hussein, and Kevin Bacon among plenty of other dropped names.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a rags-to-riches story, though that happens. It's a tale of unlikely connections, outrageous good luck balancing life's challenges. It features opened doors, chance encounters, and the communities that carried one neurodivergent boy further than his ten exam failures should have allowed. Sarley is blessed with a determined single-parent intent on ensuring her kids survived and thrived, and a local authority whose social policies lifted his family out of poverty and provided him educational and self-growth opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarley depicts snapshots of his life with honesty, sweeping geo-political commentary, and an abundance of good humor. A book for anyone interested in family, history, and the colour in everyday lives, that shows how even the toughest obstacles do not need to block our paths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David J. Sarley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996819812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David Sarley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"David J. Sarley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48998010290431,"sku":"9798996819812","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-teller-of-tall-tales-david-j-sarley-9798996819812","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}