First Person

Monday 11 August 2008

Off the Rails: Memoirs of a Train Addict by Lisa St Aubin de Terán

At the tender age of 8, Lisa achieved her childhood ambition and, wagging school, travelled alone by train from her home in London to Brighton, on the south coast of England.   Although not quite as exotic as the Brighton of her imagination, Lisa still became hooked on this means of escape from a troublesome childhood.
 
Through family crises, various husbands, lovers, children and assorted eccentrics, this is Lisa's entertaining account of her sometimes haphazard means of progressing through life, sometimes across entire continents.

Wednesday 20 August 2008

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First Person - Off the Rails: Memoirs of a Train Addict

The time is 1987 and, still in Italy, Lisa is searching for a new home for herself and her new love. Exploring slightly further afield than her customary route, her sense of security is, once again, about to be acutely challenged.
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Tuesday 19 August 2008

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First Person - Off the Rails: Memoirs of a Train Addict

Lisa is starting to receive public recognition of her writing in her home country of England, but is still at the mercy of a bad case of Italianitis. This is the time of her life when she feels that although it is a period she is spending physically on the rails, she emotionally feels close to going off them.
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Monday 18 August 2008

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First Person - Off the Rails: Memoirs of a Train Addict

Lisa is embarking on a new life for herself in Italy, leaving two husbands in her wake. She's to find herself in a place where she can truly indulge her passion for travel by train, and after a rocky start will find time for reflection and creativity.
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Friday 15 August 2008

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First Person - Off the Rails: Memoirs of a Train Addict

Having left her first husband in Venezuela, Lisa returns to England and embarks on a new relationship. However, a new son and new interests are overwhelmed by the deteriorating health of her mother, Joanna, and then herself, and her wanderlust returns with a vengeance.
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Thursday 14 August 2008

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First Person - Off the Rails: Memoirs of a Train Addict

Lisa, a prolific writer and inveterate wanderer, describes her marriage at the tender age of sixteen, which results in her first lengthy encounter with exotic locations.
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