What Fools We Have Been is going on tour with Rachel's Random Resources, if you wish to participate please contact me on rachel@rachelsrandomresources.com with your name, blog name, preferred post type and availability.
What Fools We Have Been by Hank Williams
Target Age: YA / NA / Adult
Genre: Literary genre
Tour Dates: 25th - 27th May 2026
Publication Date: 1st March 2026
Publisher: Chiselbury Press
Estimated Page Count: 139
Standalone Novel
Formats available: Epub and Hardbacks
Types of post available: Review Only
Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: After his father’s death, a son clears out his parents’ house. When he finds a series of haunting photographs of Morecambe Bay, taken by his father towards the end of his life, it sparks a journey through the scattered memories and broken connections of five generations of family history.
Flowing from the vibrant post-war Jewish community of London's east end, to the quiet suburban streets of Stanmore, and back to the Lancashire coast, the story cascades down through each generation’s shifting perspective. A wife appeases her charismatic yet destructive husband; a son reimagines the jigsaw of his mother’s life; a granddaughter tries to heal the traumas of the past.
What Fools We Have Been is an exploration of memory, identity, and the trail of damage left in the wake of wartime trauma. It asks: What is it that makes us who we are? Is it possible to repair the wreckage of the past?
About Hank Williams
Hank Williams started his career as a stage director in the mid '70s. He then worked as a community artist and community development worker before becoming a management development consultant. For the past fifteen years he has worked in the Higher Education sector, mentoring senior leaders in UK universities as well as leading change programmes in Afghanistan and Bangladesh. He retired in 2026.
Hank wrote a screenplay in the 80s that won a commendation in a Sunday Times/BFI national competition. He has published three books relating to management development. His first novel - WHAT FOOLS WE HAVE BEEN - was published by Chiselbury Press in March 2026, just before his 70th birthday. Hank lives on the edge of Morecambe Bay. He has two step-sons and three granddaughters.
Follow Hank Williams
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hank-williams-ba3b4352/
@chiselbury. Main platforms used are Instagram, X, Threads and Facebook.
Blog Tour Schedule
Maximum 3 stops per day. Confirmed blogs will appear here.
25th May
Against the Flow
Rustic_Reads_
@5mins_forme
Tealeavesandbookleaves
26th May
TBHonest
SarahReads
The Book Elf
Malloch_books
27th May
Staceywh_17
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