Pollywasher Book by Sarah Miller Walters
This new book by Sarah Miller Walters is available to purchase now from Amazon
Pollywasher is the story of one woman's journey through the gambling industry of the late 20th Century.
Barbara Toller is introduced to gambling as a child in the 1950s, when she becomes a look out for the local back street bookie's runner. She progresses into becoming a runner herself, and then when the betting shops are legalised she becomes a cashier along with a brief sojourn as a casino croupier. But Barbara is a gambler herself and this is her downfall - because she knows the system she thinks she can beat it. No one can beat the bookie, as she finds out to her cost.
Written by a former bookmaker's boardmarker and cashier and croupier, this weaves in the stories and experiences that she learned during that part of her working life.
This is a short story/novella of 17.5k words, told through a series of talking heads.
Barbara Toller is introduced to gambling as a child in the 1950s, when she becomes a look out for the local back street bookie's runner. She progresses into becoming a runner herself, and then when the betting shops are legalised she becomes a cashier along with a brief sojourn as a casino croupier. But Barbara is a gambler herself and this is her downfall - because she knows the system she thinks she can beat it. No one can beat the bookie, as she finds out to her cost.
Written by a former bookmaker's boardmarker and cashier and croupier, this weaves in the stories and experiences that she learned during that part of her working life.
This is a short story/novella of 17.5k words, told through a series of talking heads.
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