A Mile in My Shoes: A Travel Rep’s Tale.
One man’s journey from heartbreak to healing.
A Mile in My Shoes: A Travel Rep’s Tale.
Step into the extraordinary life of Howard Royston Potts, a man who turned heartbreak into humour and tragedy into triumph. A Mile in My Shoes is a raw, honest, and uplifting memoir that takes readers from a turbulent childhood through years abroad as a travel rep — filled with laughter, loss, therapy, and self-discovery.
Told with wit and warmth, Howard’s story reminds us that even the toughest journeys can lead to unexpected destinations. Whether you’ve faced life’s bumps yourself or simply love a story of resilience and redemption, this is one book you won’t forget.
About the Author.
Howard Royston Potts.
“Always surprising, never disappointing!”
“A Mile in My Shoes: A Travel Rep’s Tale” fell out of my head after therapy.
My life could be likened to Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events — but in my case, they really were a series of seriously unfortunate events. So serious, in fact, that everything was locked up inside me for 26 years, and I could only talk about it after therapy.
Yes, I had a great time abroad running away from it all, but I would rather have died than face the awful truth again. I gained 38 lifelong friends in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, so there were at least some great advantages to my plight.
These days, I’ve let go of my family, and happiness returned to my life the day I decided to do it. I’ve never been able to have a relationship because of what happened. But when I re-read the book in July 2021, the only part that truly got to me was Aunty Dorothy’s death — she was the saint in my life.
Note: To this day, I still cannot talk openly or freely about having to identify my dead little brother, Neville, when I was 23. That was a lifelong sentence.
A true story of tragedy, travel, and triumph.
Book Synopsis
Life is like a bus ride — people get on and off throughout your journey. Some stay for the whole trip, while others only travel a short distance. Unfortunately, the first people to get off my bus were my parents — and I was only five.
My troubles in life began with abandonment and grew after a series of events that caused me to fall short of being a model student, an achiever, or an academic. Yet somehow, I shone through and became an overseas Resort Controller for the UK’s second-largest tour operator by being reasonably competent in four languages.
I spent 11 years abroad, running away from family tragedies and the decline of our family. Then came therapy — my saviour — with all its revelations. The therapist knew what my troubles were before I even met her, from my medical records.
My story is a prime example of how uncaring parents can damage a child’s life, and how those effects can stay with that child forever. I’m 63 now, and I still have to switch the TV over if there’s any interaction between a father and son.
It’s a bumpy ride, readers — but I’m sure you’ll find it an enjoyable one.
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