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Jack Scott's Turkey tales, the perfect holiday read

27/5/2016

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After over thirty years as a municipal bean-counter slowly ascending a career ladder to middle management, middle income and a middling suburban terrace, Jack Scott decided to chuck in the towel, flog off the family silver and pitch his tent in a foreign field with his civil partner, Liam. They parachuted into paradise with their eyes firmly shut. When the blindfolds were removed, they found themselves peering into a bear pit of neo-colonial pretensions – all airs and no graces. Nothing could prepare them for what was to come – heat exhaustion, biblical floods, Byzantine red tape, casual censorship, power cuts, devil bugs, fetid plumbing, suicidal drivers, dirty politics, randy waiters, awe-inspiring sunsets, benevolence, generosity and approval. Eventually, they found diamonds in the rough and roses among the scrub.

Jack's First Impressions

'Jaw-dropping sunsets painted in luscious hues of orange and gold serenaded by the rhythmic call of a thousand randy crickets.'

Jack's Lasting Moments

'The unbridled tears of our warm and accepting Turkish neighbours as we said goodbye for the very last time.'
Perking the Pansies and Turkey Street are the perfect accompaniment to a large glass of chilled white on a lazy day around a sun-kissed pool. Let Jack take you on his bitter-sweet journey of tragedy and comedy, an accidental tale of laughter and tears that changed him forever.
Jack Scott's Turkey Tales
Jack's Turkey tales are available in print and digital editions:
Perking the Pansies
Jack and Liam move to Turkey

Turkey Street
Jack and Liam move to Bodrum
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  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
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    • Our Privacy Policy
  • Services and Fees
  • Springtime Titles
    • Springtime Direct
    • Expat Life >
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • Greetings from Abroadland
      • ANZC
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • What About Your Saucepans?
      • Turkey Street
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Bitten by Spain
      • Living Elsewhere
      • Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt
      • Passage to Persia
      • An Inconvenient Posting
      • Subtle Differences, Big Faux Pas
    • Memoir >
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • What about your saucepans?
      • Do You Still Have Cleavage With Just One Breast?
      • Turkey Street
      • Passage of the Stork
      • Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Passage to Persia
      • Bitten by Spain
      • An Inconvenient Posting
    • Moving >
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • Greetings from Abroadland
      • Living Elsewhere
      • Life in Motion
      • Going Local in Gran Canaria
      • Unpack
      • Subtle Differences, Big Faux Pas
      • Should I Stay or Should I Go?
      • Finding Your Feet in Chicago
      • Deconstructing Brazil
      • Laptop Entrepreneur
      • @Home in Dubai
    • Fiction >
      • Boudica's Daughters
      • A Family Just Like Mine
      • Bernard the Wombat
      • From Barcelona
    • Health, Wealth & Wellbeing >
      • Seasons of Wealth
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • The Flight of the Soul Millionaire
      • In Search of the Best Swedish Chokladbollar
      • Now It's Clear The Career You Own
      • Unpack
      • Benjamin's Bedtime Journey
      • O Futuro Iluminado Pelo Passado
      • Tracce di BioGeometria​
      • Do You Still Have Cleavage with Just One Breast?
      • Secrets of a Financial Adviser
      • Retire to the Life You Love
      • Laptop Entrepreneur
    • Travel >
      • Italy, a Romantic Journey
      • Postcards from the Ege
      • Going Local in Gran Canaria
      • Deconstructing Brazil
    • Children and Young Adults >
      • Boudica's Daughters
      • A Family Just Like Mine
      • Bernard the Wombat
      • Benjamin's Bedtime Journey
    • Humour >
      • Living Elsewhere
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • What About Your Saucepans?
      • Turkey Street
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Bitten by Spain
      • Subtle Differences, Big Faux Pas
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