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Chasin' that Carrot .... by Avril D Saunders |
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978-1-905809-39-4 Bouquets to
oor 'GlescaPal Dazzle' (Avril Dalziel Saunders)5 Dec 2008, GlescaPal Renak, Rena Kelly, Canada Dazzle just finished reading your book and like the first I just loved it. I will be sending it on to anniemay in Brampton on Monday. |
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6 Dec 2008, GlescaPal Poppins, May Farries, Sydney,
Australia received my copy yesterday. Haven't started it yet, but will do so in the next couple of days. Looking forward to it and I know I wont be disappointed. 29 Dec 2008, Well, just finished reading Chasin' that Carrot. I knew I wouldn't be disappointed. Loved it. |
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24 Dec 2008, J.Cochrane, Canada I enjoyed so much being absorbed in the lives of these two young spunky Glaswegians with all their trials and tribulations in bringing up a young family far from home but never abandoning their roots. I became as attached to them as you must have in their creation. Your affection for them comes through in your frequent use of what must be a favourite word of yours "cuddle"....a lovely word. Your descriptions of their various living accommodations and the characters they become involved with are very well done and create clear pictures in the reader's mind of what they had to put up with. However you just knew they would eventually beat the odds. Congratulations on creating a really good read Avril and I wish you every success with it and any other work you may attempt. Best Regards, J. Cochrane, Canada |
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14 Jan. 2009, GlescaPal Cheche, Glasgow would just like to say that i have just finished Chasin' that Carrot couln'd put it down absolute tremendous,it made me laugh ,cry and even angry the way they were used and treated , the story is one of the best i've read in a while ,brilliant two books dazzle ,is there gonnae be a third ,a hope so 
will be putting these on my pile of books that i read over and over and
will be recomending to anyone that listens and on friends reunited book
lovers group well done dazzle once again on these two great books
(footnote: Dazzle is Avril Saunders GlescaPals name on the messageboard) |
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23 Jan. 2009, GlescaPal Goldie, Ontario, Canada Dazzle, I read *Chasin that Carrot*, just after the New Year, and would have posted earlier than this, but was at my daughters house last week, lookin after ma three grand kids, while the mammies and daddies were on a cruise..I loved it, I really felt like I knew Linda and James, and was glad to catch up with them again.you made the two of them so real, I could relate to everything they were going through, just smashin..Your two books were wonderful, and I have told many friends about them. 
ps.I was sorry to say cheerio to Linda and James.xx |
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29 Jan. 2009, GlescaPal Huddy, Glasgow Scotland Just finished reading chasin the carrot the sequel to Whats for ye,won't go by ye'two great reads. JAMES and LINDA The two main characters in the story trying to make ends meet in their young married lives, i could relate to their struggle. As i got into the story line i could feel me CHASIN THE CARROT for them. more power to your pen DALZIEL. P.S. have applied for a job as a window cleaner at KINGSTON HOSPITAL.lol. |
18 Feb. 2009, GlescaPal WilmaBaird, England. I have just returned from holiday in Goa, India and I bought Dazzles two books to take with me. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed both of them and couldn't put them down once I started. They were both read within four days of arriving. Photo of me in Goa, India with the books, |
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Bouquets to oor 'GlescaPal Dazzle' (Avril Dalziel Saunders) 7 Mar 2006 M. A. (London, England) A thoroughly enjoyable read!, I was engrossed in this book straight from the start, a very well written piece that touched my heart and in parts made me laugh and cry in others as I could relate to it to a certain extent. Well researched and most definitely will be recommended. |
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10 Mar 2006
M. S.
(London) My father put me on to this book, being from Glasgow himself. I found it a wonderful read and an amazing insight into growing up in Glasgow in the 50's & 60's, as well as what Glasgow was like in the war years. |
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Excellent reading! Happy and emotional! It makes you realise just what ordinary people went through during World War II. There is some really funny parts when it gets to the 1960's. I couldn't put this book down until I had finished it! I felt like I was living through it all. Thoroughly recommended |
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13 Mar 2006 K Rose
While taking a family holiday, I ran out of reading material and borrowed this wee gem from my Mother after becoming intrigued by the synopsis. An innocent, bittersweet and romantic tale of growing up in Glasgow....you'll laugh, you'll cry...but most importantly you won't be able to put it down. It left me wanting to get to know the MacGregor's more so I do hope there's a sequel in the pipeline!! |
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Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, California, USA, April 2006
Hello Avril, I
ordered your book. Looking forward to reading it. Peter Noone
http://hermanshermits.com |
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3 May 2006 K.Hall When I heard about this novel I could not wait to get my hands on it..being a Glaswegian myself I wanted to understand and learn how other families managed in the 50's and 60's..and to be honest I could not stop reading it once I started....the story was told in a very orderly way and it was easy to follow.. It was a very emotional and sad story but also had its light hearted and funny moments.....I would definitely recommend this book. |
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4 December 2006, Mrs Linda Macdonald of Queensland Australia.
Subject: What`s for ye Won`t Go By ye Dear Webmaister, I was recently motivated by a new book which I saw on your website, aptly named What`s for Ye Won`t Go By Ye. I say aptly named as the title of this book was an often mentioned statement of my own mothers throughout my life as well as used by most other parents in the city of Glasgow. I saught to purchase this book & with a new eagerness, which was a pleasant surprise to me, since I haven`t felt like this regarding any book for quite some time. I had even saught out a personaly signed copy from the author of this enjoyable descriptive down to earth well written book.This is a story set in Glasgow from pre war times, which offered me great insight into what where when & how my parents, there parents before them & my older sibblings lived & coped prior to during & after war, I came along in the 60s which is also covered. The book was truly sad,delightfuly endearing with at times the subtlety of typical Glaswegian humour which is oftentimes off the cuff or subconciously uttered. My name is Linda & I was so pulled into this wee girls life so much so It may as well have been me that the author wrote of.I believe anyone woul identify with one character or another as the mother was like mines as was the Daddy. I wish to thank the wise author Avril Dalziel Saunders for her excellent penmanship so skillfully she projected a marvellous story with such exactitude in her research of these times & places around Glasgow that anyone would identify with this courageous heartfelt story or the places around the city which are mentioned at times in detail. to me an inspirational story with an excellent projection of Glasgow life from 1930s & The Glasgow as I had known it in the 60s. Thankyou for a wee taste of my old hame. I would be gratefull if you were to forward & display my review on this good read to the necessary place within your site I would like to hear of others who read it too.. Yours sincerely |
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Jan. 2007 Joan Marshall, Glasgow hi ya, I have just finished this book which i thoroughly enjoyed, it was a wee bit weird coz i lived in Agnes st and then moved to Bilsland Drive when i was 16yrs old, you will have to read the book to understand wot i'm talking about!!!!