It is 1962. The first avocado pears are appearing at the greengrocers, people are thinking about carpeting their lavatories and boxing in their banisters, and Ronnie Glover, housepainter, husband and father, is feeling the first vague stirrings of discontent with his life. Then, out of the blue, the fabulous, sophisticated (and married) Jacqueline bursts into this life and teaches him to tango. She seems to offer everything he ever dreamt of. But is it all too good to be true? What can a woman who has traveled the world want with a man who carries a stub of pencil behind his ear? And are the Ten O'Clock horses of Ronnie's painful childhood awake and sniffing the wind?

This is Pat's life told in rhyme to portray all the happiness and joy throughout her childhood in a coalmining village in the 1940's through to her teens when Pat had to face terrible loss and heartache, then on through her life until present time... all the way through the book there is also beautiful inspired poems appropriate to the times and place... all reading this book will have emotions greatly pulled in all directions, titles life's carousel' because that is how Pat views life as one long ride over hills and dales going up and down through good days full of heavenly sunshine and bad days that can be hell, but all of which we have to endure on the ride...

Stories that will fascinate children and give comfort and happiness in a book that is easy read with accepted mannerism.