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 Off the Rails - Lisa St. Aubin De Teran
 Off the Rails - Lisa St. Aubin De Teran ... Express, began a lifetime's obsession with trains. This book describes some of her many journeys. Train trips through Argentina, around Italy, from the Norfolk fens or to Loch Dhu, all part of a surprising journey through life.Newest Review: ... 1989 when the author was in her thirties) and starts off at a brisk enough pace to engage the reader yet set the scene ... more ... sufficiently. So we learn about Lisa’s mother struggling to bring up a horde of young children – each with a different father – and to try to live rather grander life she was used to. It was her mother’s belief that they occupied a certain position that shaped many of Lisa’s childhood experiences; when the family were forced to move into a council flat the other children in the neighbourhood would tease Lisa and her siblings because they dressed rather formally for the 1960s and because they were sent to a grammar school fur...more |
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Off the Rails: Memoirs of a Train Addict
Pages: 208, Edition: New edition, Paperback, Sceptre Last Update 06.12.2009 05:57
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Off the Rails - Lisa St. Aubin De Teran: Off the Rails? Should have got off at Barking! (872 words)
by - written on 21/09/06 (Very useful, 974 readings)
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Before I read “Off the Rails: The Memoirs of a Train Addict”, I knew virtually nothing about its author, Lisa St. Aubin de Teran. Now, the woman is a complete enigma! I spent much of the time I was reading this book shaking my head in wonderment; from an unconventional childhood, through the most bizarre of marriage proposals to a life dragging her children around Europe to satisfy he own whims, Lisa St. Aubin de Teran is one of life’s eccentrics and in “Off the Rails” she explains the attraction of rail travel and tries to show how her unusual childhood laid the foundations for her adult life. I bought the book on impulse from E-bay, recognizing only the name ... Read the complete review
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