Selfies Of Success presents Author Helen Ducal with her book "All Expenses Paid."

 

Bert: Whoah. Information overload here!

Ernie: Whaddya mean Bert?

Bert: Condoms and body piercings!

Ernie: Erm Bert, I thought the book was about GRANNY sitting in the South of France?

Bert: Well it is Ernie but then there is Laura!

Ernie: You all alright Bert? Your eyebrows have all joined up!

Bert: Ha! They do that sometimes. Now shut up I am trying to read…

Ernie: Okay…Bert.

Bert: So why aren’t you reading Ernie?

Ernie: I can’t, Bert.

Bert: Why not Ernie?

Ernie: (In a hushed voice) There are mice, Bert. Live mice. She knows I hate mice! (sob)

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Something about the author, Helen Ducal.

I was determined to be a writer ever since being asked to leave the Brownies for chalking on the benches. Had my first business at 19, married at 20, divorced at 30, ditched the 9-5 at 40 to work as a live-in carer, working in Europe, travelling to Australia and writing in between. Got a first in Media Writing at 50, moved to France, where I recharge my batteries and write and eat and sleep. But still have to return to Blighty every 2 weeks to earn my rent, until I can write full time!

Helen has 5 books available on amazon. The two seen above are also available in paperback.

Thanks to Simon Birch for the wonderful covers.

Works in progress: Helen is currently working on 2 fiction and 2 non-fiction books.

More information is available on her website:Authors Website.

About The Book...All Expenses Paid  

 How a simple advert can change your life...for good.

THE ADVERT:
Six months granny-sitting in the South of France
Separate en-suite accommodation. Ideally 40+ and non smoker.

ME:
Laura Bennett, been divorced longer than married.
No dependents. Lease just ran out on my rented cottage. Sales job going nowhere.

So, I decided to go for it. I mean what could be simpler than looking after an 82 year old English lady? I had visions of gentle strolls to the boulangerie and compulsory siestas. But this was before I met Betty. She looked like everybody’s favourite grandmother until Jean- Louis arrived to pick her up on his Kawasaki 1200!

Imagine Samantha from Sex and the City, team her up with Rose from The Golden Girls and you have ALL EXPENSES PAID.

“Engaging, fun, unpredictable, fresh, original, silly, and just plain old enjoyable. Cracking idea and neatly executed. All I need is a deck chair and some sun and I'm sorted!”ANDREW MORGAN

By

Amazon Customer “Douglas Wickard” (Los Angeles) – See all my reviews

This review is from: ALL EXPENSES PAID (Fact meets Fiction) (Kindle Edition)

I was swindled, hijacked and completely brought down (laughing, that is) by this delightful, kind-of-chick-lit-ish, novel. The first couple of pages got me so enthralled; I couldn’t, nor wouldn’t, nor did I want to put the damn thing down. I felt as if Laura was a dear friend of mine and I was living (vicariously) like a fly on her proverbial Provence wall. The writing is ‘spot’ on! I loved the brevity of sentences, the use of word choice, the writer’s voice rang clear and as confident as a `blimey’ bell! I adored the relationship, all of them, (Julia, especially, absolutely fabulous) the trysts and turns and the unexpected expectations of Laura’s adventures kept me reading, actually in one sitting. Well, done, Helen. When’s the sequel coming out? I’ll be waiting!

http://www.amazon.com/Helen-Ducal/e/B0055PCWUQ/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1