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Chasin' that
Carrot .... by Avril D
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It is 1969, James and Linda Alexander
start married life with everything against
them, she is pregnant, money is tight and
they rent a pokey wee room and
kitchen in Glasgow's east-end with an
outside toilet in the close which they share
with two other families. The hardships and
humour of ordinary folk living in Glasgow
during this era come into their own in this
book.
Things are difficult, work is scant in
Glasgow and James and Linda have a toddler son with another one on
the way, they decide to take the plunge
and move down south to ‘Chase that Carrot’ but
it isn’t an easy ride.
Work is plentiful and wages are good in the London area, but there
are no houses for rent. James roughs it in a rented room and Linda
stays on in Glasgow. Weeks before the birth, James finds an
apartment in Weybridge, Linda bids a
tearful farewell to her parents and joins her husband.
Homesick on New Years Eve, they set off for
Glasgow. Disaster strikes and they
spend the night in a cell in Carlisle
Police Station. Another time they attend a
family wedding, but on the return journey they are involved in a
nasty accident on the A74.
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ISBN 978-1-905809-39-4
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The young couple work hard ,
endure hardships, suffer injustice but feel their perseverance
starting to pay off when they buy a house in
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. Their eyes are opened up by
some of the ‘goings on’ in their new street;
things, they thought only
happen in fiction films. |
The hardships and humour of
Glasgow folk in this era come to their own in this book.
'Chasin that Carrot' is a sequel to 'What's For Ye Won't Go By
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‘Chasin’ that Carrot’ is on a
best sellers list
....Feb.2010
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'Chasin'
that Carrot' is available on
Kindle |
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BOUQUETS
ISBN
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. |
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. |
24 Dec 2008, J.Cochrane, Canada
Avril, I have just finished reading 'Chasin' that Carrot' and
I have to say that I am sorry that I have........I so wish I still
had it to read!!!
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) |
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 |
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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that Carrot' is available on
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