Chasin' that carrot
 

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©  Chasin' that Carrot .... by Avril D Saunders

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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. 


ISBN 978-1-905809-39-4
 

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 Ye'


‘Chasin’ that Carrot’ is on a best sellers list   ....Feb.2010
 

'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

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. ;D ;D
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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