Thistle publishes debut novelist, 84
3 Jul 2013
A Dundee grandmother who tried for 20 years to get her novel in print has finally got a book published — just days before her 84th birthday.
Joyce Mackenzie, who lives in Seaforth Road, based the story of The Gold Mohur Tree on her own experiences living in India. She stayed in Calcutta with her husband Frederick, a jute broker, and started her family there. An excited Joyce said: “I got the usual rejection slips. Then I got the book out the drawer this year, revamped it and Thistle Publishing took it on.”
