Brian Jackson

The Tears of Autumn Brian Jackson

'The Tears of Autumn' is a bittersweet love story that begins in the war and ends leaving the child David struggling to cope with the failures of the adult world around him. When Bill is called up by the RAF Daisy is left with the infant David. Living in squalor with their unwanted child Daisy seeks consolation with other men until the dreadful night when Bill returns unexpectedly and finds her with another man and David filthy and neglected. In an emotional parting David is torn from his mother and sent away to stay with an aunt. They are idyllic days but with the end of the war Bill returns to reclaim his son. Now their search begins; a search for love, happiness and security and when Bill meets Dorothy it seems their odyssey is over. But their love for Dorothy brings other conflicts in the wake of a tragedy neither of them could have foreseen as she descends into insanity. David attempts to escape to find the security and love he seeks with his aunt but he fails. Powerful images continue to haunt him until he is forced to confront the final tragedy in this powerful family saga. Based on true events 'The Tears of Autumn' is the story of a child growing up in a world where the adults around him are struggling to cope with their lives, unaware of the trauma they blindly inflict on the child in their midst.