Carmel Joyce

What can I say about me that you might like to know? Of course, what my editor knew about me. Read what she discovered when she edited my very first book and you will see why I made special mention of her in the front cover of the "The Bosuns' Quests for Fairer Skies".

The author has done very well with all the history within the book, not only on Brisbane and its beginnings in settlement and commerce but also within England and Sweden. For the editor alone, to learn something of her new home town and the history and lifestyle of the Swedes has been enlightening.

The editor did enjoy the book and appreciated all the research the author has conducted to make this into a very good read.

What can the editor say finally…..it never ceases to amaze that the author can put so much information into so few pages. Cross-referencing with her book on the Raj (Raj, The Making and Unmaking of British India by Lawrence James) found that book to be 722 pages. The author has managed to put a whole family’s history into just 140. This type of writing never loses the reader as it provides a picture of the family without rhetoric and boring para-phrasing. It doesn’t have the ‘Gensis factor’ of boringly listing who begat who, rather a wonderful one-page family tree that says it all. The editor would love to think that the author will never tire of providing the public with these wonderful insights into life which has passed us by many moons ago. Many thanks once again. - Linda Daniels EDITOR