Discovering Lek’s Story in Daddy’s Hobby… If you’re looking for a thought-provoking read that offers a deep dive into a world many have heard of but few truly understand, Daddy’s Hobby is a book you won’t want to miss. It’s the first volume in the series Behind the Smile, and it tells the captivating story […]
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Many books by Owen Jones have acquired nicknames or shortened names. As the author, I find this comforting. Click through for some examples
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Pattaya Beach Road is one of the most famous streets in Thailand. It is located on the eastern side of Pattaya Bay and The Gulf of Thailand.
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Welsh Author, Owen Jones, full name Owen Ceri Jones, was born in Barry, South Wales, to an industrious working-class family with four brothers
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Behind The Smile – What Else? A smile makes people feel good, but could there be something else behind the smile sometimes? Deceit or danger?
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Daddy’s Hobby by Owen Jones is the first novel from this Welsh writer. It explores why so many girls work in Pattaya and how they fare
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Beach Road in Pattaya is the busiest road in the city of Pattaya as far as tourists, pedestrians and vehicles are concerned. It is also the most scenic because Beach Road runs literally the width of the pavement from the golden sand of the clean beach and only metres from the sparkling blue sea.
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This blog post contains Daddy’s Hobby Previews in all the languages I have available. BEHIND THE SMILE – The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya” volume 1.
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Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand six hundred kilometres north of Pattaya.
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The Beginning Behind The Smile – The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya (volume 7) by Owen Jones Review by Barry Boy The Beginning is volume seven in the much-liked series Behind The Smile – The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya by Owen Jones. Volume One in the series began
April 5th, 2016 April 5th is important to many people in the UK because it is the start of the new tax year. I and millions of other Brits had to devote hours this week every year in order to get our taxes out of the way. Then I moved here to Thailand and that
CreateSpace Behind The Smile v6: The Dream is up there online, but I didn’t rush the other two out. I am out of the house now, having a pint and writing to you, but when I get back, I will finish the job by putting some advertising up. By the way, for those of you
The Solution As my regular readers will know, life has been pretty frustrating for me for the last couple of days, but last night the thought occurred to me that the reason why Amazon and Facebook might be behaving oddly was the image driver because they are heavy users of images. So, I told my
Dreary Day That dreary problem with the Internet seemed to be over this morning and I got three new versions of Lek up (new covers and updated interiors). It would normally have taken thirty minutes each, but I didn’t mind spending three hours on the job. Then, shortly after six a.m. the dreary problem started
Lek 6 – Behind The Smile I haven’t been around much for the last two months, as my regular readers will know, because I have been writing the sixth book in the series Behind The Smile, commonly referred to as Lek 6. Lek 6 took quite a long time to write. OK, the first one
The Lek Series I call it the Lek series, although it is always billed as the ‘Behind The Smile’ series, which is its official title. It is just that the name Lek trips off the tongue more easily, and after writing about her for ten years, I am more comfortable calling her by name. In
Full Circle – Lek6 I have not been getting on well with Lek6, the sixth volume in the series ‘Behind The Smile ~ The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya‘ or at least not in comparison with the others. I have written 16,000 words which amounts to about fifteen percent of the 112,000
Mental Cruelty I have turned my attention away from ‘Asian Shorts’ temporarily, because it is ‘out there’ already and my novel isn’t. Not only that but 2,000-odd links on my websites will stop working on July 15th. thanks to Amazon and that would be a catastrophe. I have to start tackling that problem tomorrow. Mental
