A Train through Time: A Life, Real and Imagined
Language: English
Published by Counterpoint, 2017
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Seller: Eastburn Books, Albany, OR, U.S.A.Eastburn Books
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VG hardcover in VG jacket. 2017. SIGNED/Inscribed by AUTHOR on title page. Pages all clean/unmarked. LIght scuffs/edgewear. Binding solid. Jacket clipped and clean. Solid. 159 pp.
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- Title
- A Train through Time: A Life, Real and Imagined
- Author
- Elizabeth Farnsworth
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1619028433
- ISBN 13
- 9781619028432
- Illustrator
- Serr, Mark
- Seller catalogs
- memoir, autobiography
How much of our memory is constructed by imagination? And how does memory shape our lives? As a nine-year old, Elizabeth Farnsworth struggled to understand the loss of her mother. On a cross-country trip with her father, the heartsick child searches for her mother at train stations along the way. Even more, she confronts mysteries: death, time, and a mysteriously locked compartment on the train.
Weaving a child’s experiences with memories from reporting in danger zones like Cambodia and Iraq, Farnsworth explores how she came to cover mass death and disaster. While she never breaks the tone of a curious investigator, she easily moves between her nine-year-old self and the experienced journalist. Imagination is at play in her childhood adventures and in her narrative control, always with great purpose. She openly confronts the impact of her childhood on the route her life has taken. And, as she provides one beautifully crafted depiction after another, we share her journey, coming to know the acclaimed reporter as she discovers herself. Farnsworth’s curiosity lingers on every page of A Train Through Time: A Life Real and Imagined, and so does the making of a powerfully driven woman.
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About the Author
She has received three Emmy nominations and is a recipient of the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award, which is often considered the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer, which is also administered by Columbia University.
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