The Year the World Was Mine
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
9780761871569 (ISBN)
What happens when a pre-menopausal matron, afflicted with Anglophilia, leaves home and hearth to spend time working in her dream location, London, the same year she hits a chronological half-century? Bizarre encounters and hair-raising adventures come flying at her…that’s what!
This fast-paced memoir chronicles an unusual year spent by an Indian-born professor from an American university who undertook field-research in the United Kingdom. In the process, she dodged a global fiscal crisis, was impacted by terrorist activity in her native Bombay, faced sudden homelessness, and coped with debilitating physical constraints caused by an excruciating foot ailment called plantar fasciitis.
While she scours Europe during weekends as a footloose solo backpacker accumulating hilarious experiences among a motley lot in youth hostels, stalks royalty in their favorite stomping grounds, and becomes a coconspirator in helping an American friend find Mr. Right, the author provides a page-turning narrative about resilience and tenacity in the face of unexpected odds.
Rochelle Almeida is professor of global cultures in liberal studies at New York University.
AcknowledgmentsChap 1—Blundering in BarcelonaChap 2—Getting There…and Over ThereChap 3—Stalking Royalty in the HighlandsChap 4—A Solitary SeptemberChap 5—AfflictedChap 6—An Aegean OdysseyChap 7—Acquiring EnglishnessChap 8—Half A Month of Mood SwingsChap 9—Troubles in Northern IrelandChap 10—Transnational ChristmasChap 11—Freezing in FebruaryChap 12— Homeless (Or Very Nearly)Chap 13—Operation Husband HuntChap 14—Tales of Several Cities Chap 15—Eastertide Adventures in Belgium and with the Bard Chap 16—Grand Reunions on Both Sides of the ChannelChap 17—With Country Squires in Farringdon and SuffolkChap 18—In Oxford: It’s Deja-Vu All Over AgainChap 19—Last HurrahsChap 20—Finally In FranceEpilogueAbout the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.10.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 151 x 222 mm |
| Gewicht | 390 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780761871569 / 9780761871569 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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