Calm before Coffee: a child's voyage from rejection to resolution

"Conceived in Paris, born in New York, and raised in Surrey John Munro tells us on the back of his newly-published autobiography. All of which is true, but while most biographies are concerned with events and achievements, this one has a much more profound purpose. As John explains in a very honest opening chapter, his book is, more than anything else, an attempt to come to terms with a loveless childhood that left him not just lacking in self-confidence, but unable to form the kind of deep bonds necessary to support a fulfilled life." 

From Oliver Hawkins review in The Bell Magazine