Going Home series

If the series GOING HOME has a predominant theme it is portrayal through five generations of interlinked Scottish families of the perennial tension between conflict and social justice, at home and abroad – but do not expect a doctrinaire approach. These stories are based as far as it is possible upon real people and events. GOING HOME is a down to earth, if refined tale of ordinary people pitched into often quite extraordinary circumstances. I am delighted with the assurance of wise commentators so far, that the first two titles are laced with humour and offer strong characterisation and believable scenarios.
Observations in respect to FEVER THERAPY: ‘Masterfully written with a lyrical flow;’ and ‘A triumph of tension and humour;’ and in regard to HANNAH DUFF: ‘Extraordinary and at times fascinating,’ and ‘Hannah Duff is a fabulous character and a beautifully written book. Highly recommended, especially to any television producers looking for a down to earth family saga,’ have helped me sustain efforts in an occupation that as we all know is immensely tough for even the best authors.

Screenshot 2016-05-31 at 09.58.19Tally Long’s Pie

ISBN-13: 978-0992971113

Published by Jim Burnside Associates Ltd.  2015

Hannah survives financial tribulation and ill health to bring up three fine boys in blithe “Porty” between the wars. Her oldest friend Walter introduces her to migrant victims of Nazi persecution but she holds onto her ideals, speaking out stridently against the prospect of war. Six months later her middle son Jim watches from his office as Spitfires chase a Luftwaffe raider over Craigmillar. What will she have to say if he joins the RAF?

Screenshot 2016-05-31 at 10.03.20Golden Dawn

ISBN-13: 978-0992971112

Published by Jim Burnside Associates Ltd. 2015

RSM Peter Macdonald the Cameron ‘lifer’ earns his crust at Nonne Boschen Wood in November 1914. Haunted by his memories he falls under the spell of a widow who gives purpose to the pacifist imprecations of Hannah Duff. On his way back to the front at Festubert he visits his younger brother Ronnie’s artillery unit to tell him the news. Hannah’s words of wisdom may save Peter but can she influence her fiancé, his elder brother William in the same way?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screenshot 2016-05-31 at 10.06.24Hannah Duff

Published by Jim Burnside Associates Ltd. 2014

ISBN:978-0-9929711-1-3

By 1909 Hannah’s education has been curtailed. On her last day she plans to daub the bustle of Queen Victoria’s statue in Leith with an emblem of Women’s Suffrage. In solidarity with the memory of her mother she assumes her lapsed Christian name and leaves childhood behind to take a job in Liverpool. With evolved wisdom beyond her years, Hannah becomes Governess to Lady Christina Leslie’s daughters. Through the turmoil of Red Sunday to the tragedy of the Great War, she sustains balance through political activism while letting love into her life. But can she ever find peace?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screenshot 2016-05-31 at 10.11.29Fever Therapy

ISBN:978-0-9929711-0-6

Published by Jim Burnside Associates Ltd.

Smart and tough, John Harper, the farm boy from Morayshire is a perfect Bobby for the unforgiving streets of 1890’s Edinburgh. He’s a family man showing great promise. If he offers commitment, Inspector Brodie will help open doors for him . . . but Harper’s prodigiously talented wife, Hannah faces a future framed by inoperable cancer. In desperation he finds a way of saving Hannah from illness but can he save her from scientific distortions and drug company vested interests – or himself from accusations of corruption?

Jim Burnside

Jim was born in Belfast in 1953 of an Irish mother and Scottish father. He lived in Glasgow with three siblings until the age of six. His family moved to Peterborough where Jim attended schools in Orton Longueville, before relocating to Yorkshire at the age of sixteen.

He attended the notable but now inexistent Aireborough Grammar School. After a year completing further education at Harrogate College, he moved away from his parent’s home to study History and Literature at Middlesex Polytechnic. Post graduate studies at Cardiff University led to a career in Secondary Education in London and Bradford. During an eleven year break from teaching he worked in Distribution; Retailing; Financial Services; Automotive Engineering, before returning to work in Secondary Special Education for the last 23 years. Jim began writing in his early twenties and in earnest five years ago, whilst balancing the additional demands of his teaching career with major house building / renovation projects. Jim has written four novels in the series GOING HOME with a fifth in progress and the sixth planned in outline. He is married with a wife and two grown up children who all share his love for outstanding locally made pizzas; and impulsively visiting Scotland or Southern France as often as possible.