The Enduring Curiosity of Mitsy Howard: A Walk in the Mill;
Mitsy Howard : In the Dark; What Mitsy Did Next
At the beginning, Mitsy enjoyed her ancestry search and was making good progress filling in the gaps in her family tree. She had always had a lively imagination, but when she started seeing ghostly shadows in the disused cotton mill across the road, she really needed to find out what or who they were!
After Mitsy's first adventures, came the global pandemic. Not that this stopped her in any way - and following a visit to a clairvoyant, Mitsy found herself frequently "in the dark"!
Soon, Mitsy had a new mystery to unravel at Appledore House but even she would not have expected floods, fire, famine and pestilence!
These three books can be purchased separately or as the trilogy The Complete Mitsy Howard
14 Viney Hill
After a rocky start in life, Jane Bonneville thought she had everything sorted. A gorgeous husband and a safe, loving and stable home for their children. Totally opposite to her own childhood.
It was all going rather well until her world turned upside down one Friday in March…
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TravelWorks
From the age of nineteen Carole decided that travelling to other countries could be a lot of fun, but she realised she would need time and money to do more of this. Discovering that the nine-to-five life was definitely not for her, she decided to look for jobs that paid her to travel while working. Some of her travels have been to places that others might not choose for a holiday or even a short break.
Some places, such as Siberia in mid-winter and the Middle East in the height of summer, were encountered in the least propitious seasons. Her fascinating adventures reflect changes in politics and society as well as in travel itself.
This book of stories, diaries and reflections is for fellow travellers and armchair travellers alike, who will appreciate that travel is education and entertainment wrapped up in a colourful package.
HomeWorks
Carole's first book took the reader to Yekaterinburg, Gaza City, Goteborg and Taipei with various other destinations in between. Southampton, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, Caernarfon, London and Leeds are not as obviously exotic, so you may be surprised by some of her adventures nearer to home.
As you accompany Carole on her journeys you will discover why packing a torch on a business trip can get you into trouble and how a jacuzzi makes a good meeting room during industrial action. Spending time with oil executives speaking six different languages poses no problems for her but trying to understand their technical language does. You may wonder why ninety men were determined to address her as Your Majesty or how
come she was standing on a desk quoting Middle English.
Oh, and another thing...
Whether you are applying for a job or in conversation with someone you don’t know well, sooner or later you will be asked about your hobbies and interests. Having penned two books about travelling and work life, I thought I should complete the trilogy by confessing to some of the slightly odd things I have done for pleasure.
These include cycling, which didn’t end well: “What was intended to be a stylish wheelie manoeuvre across the loose gravel turned into more of a flying circus demonstration.”
You will also discover much about outdoor exploits, including caving, climbing, and long-distance walking.
Travelling for pleasure has its tribulations, too. When the receptionist of the Italian motoring organisation exclaimed, ‘Pronto! Pronto!’ our friend responded, ‘I’m going as fast as possible!’ As the tension levels rose higher and higher, it soon became evident that pronto means hello!
In 'Oh, and another thing...' you will have another opportunity to read a light-hearted book about all the other things I forgot to tell you in 'TravelWorks' and 'HomeWorks'!
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