Baggage - Emily Barr

I am lucky enough to have a friend who is always buying books as she is a member of a book group so I often borrow books she recommends. The latest one was “Baggage” by Emily Barr. Emily Barr has also written “Backpack”. The Cover The book has a picture of a woman sitting on a case with a long road stretching out into the horizon. At the top of the book is an aeroplane and the aeroplanes tracks have spelt out “baggage” in the sky. Underneath it says “Too much? Just dump it …” From just looking at the front of this book I got the idea that this was about someone who travelled abroad to escape from her problems. The book cover is an accurate ...  Read the complete review

Having recently read ‘Cuban Heels’ by Emily Barr, I was quite keen to get my hands on the second book she’d written, which somehow had escaped me at the time it was first published. When I found out it featured Oz, it soon became top of my pile to read next! * The plot * Imagine this. Your name is Sophie, you’re a 29 year old female, travelling alone around Australia. You hit a small town and by pure chance you meet a woman, a person so familiar to you that you can scarcely believe it. This is your best friend from England, someone who disappeared from your life ten years ago, presumed dead. Her name was Daisy Fraser, but this woman says her name is ...  Read the complete review