{"id":1100,"date":"2026-05-20T08:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/?page_id=1100"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:17:34","slug":"dry-well","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peter-anthony.co.uk\/index.php\/dry-well\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dry Well"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1100\" class=\"elementor elementor-1100\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-100a863 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"100a863\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f69a85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2f69a85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\nbody {\r\nfont-family: arial, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/anthony-stovold\/the-road-to-myself\/ebook\/product-v87q6kq.html\"><u>\r\nA Memoir<\/u><\/a>\r\n<\/p>    \r\n<p style=\"color:#0413A4;font-size:140%;text-align:LEFT;\">\r\nThe Road to Myself is a candid and deeply reflective memoir of longing, love, loss, failure, family, and late-found peace.\r\n<\/p><p style=\"color:#0413A4;font-size:140%;text-align:LEFT;\">\r\nMoving from post-war England through boarding schools, first love, marriages, fatherhood, hotels, yachts, and years of restless searching, Anthony Stovold traces the shape of a life lived in hunger for belonging. 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