Gonnae No Dae That
by Miller Caldwell
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Pub Date 28 Jun 2023 | Archive Date 4 Jul 2023
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Description
Gonnae no dae that? This is a Scots expression imploring someone to stop doing something. Advice Miller H Caldwell definitely didn't follow.
In his memoir, Miller goes back to the beginning to 1950, growing up in the manse at Kirriemuir, in the north east of Scotland. After some troubling experiences, he finished schooling in Glasgow determined to lead a humanitarian life. And so he did.
After many years of humanitarian work in Ghana, Scotland and Pakistan, meeting the world's most wanted terrorist and bringing an African dictator to his knees in tears, not to mention being mistaken for a German International footballer, Miller's life has been most unusual to say the least. The memoirs of this author are behind most of his thirty-two previous books, proving that truth can be stranger than fiction and authors definitely write what they know. For twenty years, he has been an author with stories to tell. This, he feels, will be his last as the symptoms of his diagnosed Parkinson's disease take root.
From Scotland to Ghana, from lows to highs to lows again, Gonnae no Dae That is a celebration of a life lived to the full, one that took meaning from personal experiences and used them to better other lives. Inspirational reading for anybody who feels the need for greater meaning and greater adventures.
A Note From the Publisher
Marketing Plan
Memoirs that follow prolific author's life, exploring how hardships led to his many books and his career helping children
Diagnosed with Parkinson's last year and relates how that has made him reflect
Previously published thirty-two books with Beul Aithris Publishing, Matador and others
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781805145905 |
| PRICE | £4.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 192 |
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Featured Reviews
Robin P, Reviewer
I have never read anything by this author before so I come to this book with no preconceived ideas or expectations. It is all a blank slate and it is the title alone that caught my eye. Now I find myself with quite a long list of other books by this author I want to read.
This is not an autobiography. Miller Caldwell introduces one to memories, sometimes just fragments of memories. It's a bit like a jigsaw puzzle where each piece reveals another portion of the complete picture. It is all incredibly intimate and honest and painfully poignant. Ill-health means this could be the author's last book but in the place of self-pity there is a feeling of joy and a sense of humour undiminished by age or ailment. A pitch perfect glimpse at a life well-lived.
Reviewer 1087058
I would say this could have been an easy 4 with different editing but it is a 3.5 for me.
This book is full of interesting anecdotes and experiences from a life full of variety, travel and unusual experiences.
It's not often that you read a paragraph from an ordinary person which starts "That was the day I met Osama Bin Laden".
At that time in 2006 the authorities said Osama was living in a cave in a remote part of Afghanistan, whereas the author met him in Pakistan. It later transpires that Osama WAS in Pakistan and the authorities had received tip offs (including from the author) but no apparent action was taken until 2011.
Not only has this author had some amazing experiences, he has written a lot of books and there is a list and a synopsis of them at the end of this book.
I have not read the author's autobiography but I think this book might be more of a companion piece to that, containing additional material. This book is not linear and I got mixed up about when he did what and when he got married (I would have liked a bit more about his family life, he just says in passing that his wife was a former Miss France!!)
Having said that it is an interesting, chatty and easy read about the adventures of, as we say in Scotland a "son of the manse".
