A Yank Back to England (eBook)

The Prodigal Tourist Returns

Denis Lipman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
320 Seiten
Gemma (Verlag)
978-1-934848-55-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Denis Lipman left London's East End for Washington, DC more than 20 years ago, but made an annual pilgrimage year after year to visit aging parents, a pair of cantankerous, real-life Cockneys. He endured the visits as best he could. Enter an American wife. Not content with a grin-and-bear-it attitude, she declares that since each year's trip to England was inevitable, it was to be enjoyed: see the sites, taste the culture, go places! Against his will, our expat becomes a tourist in his homeland and comes to discover it's not so bad after all. Through new eyes, England is certainly better than he remembered! Enjoy a travel memoir more carbolic than bucolic. Discover a place where the sun rarely shines, where electricity is coin-operated, and where canned beans on toast is a cornerstone of cuisine. Taste the real East End and tour with a colorful, combative and fundamentally affectionate family as they rent cottages, host outrageous relatives, meet the locals and discover the English countryside.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.1.2010
• Verlagsort: Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien
• Schlagworte: England, Britain, tourism
• ISBN-10: 1-934848-55-7 / 1934848557
• ISBN-13: 978-1-934848-55-5 / 9781934848555