Book
A train through time : a life, real and imagined / Elizabeth Farnsworth ; with photo art by Mark Serr.
Record details
- ISBN: 1619028433
- ISBN: 9781619028432
- Physical Description: 159 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Publisher: Berkeley : Counterpoint, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 36.50 |
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| Subject: | Farnsworth, Elizabeth, 1943- Women journalists > United States > Biography. Foreign correspondents > United States > Biography. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 070.433092 Farns | 31681020045894 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
An award-winning foreign correspondent describes what it was like growing up trying to understand the loss of her mother and how this influenced her career and perspective while covering stories of mass death and disaster in Cambodia and Iraq. - Baker & Taylor
The author shares memories from her childhood surrounding the death of her mother, and explores how her childhood relates to her time spent as a correspondent reporting on death and disaster in places like Cambodia and Iraq. - Perseus Publishing
Memory and imagination are closely linked in this memoir of self discovery from an award-winning foreign correspondent.
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 childâs 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. Farnsworthâs 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. - Random House, Inc.
"It has been a long time since I read a book so moving, plainspoken, and beautiful." 'michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Moonglow
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 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. 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. - Random House, Inc.
"It has been a long time since I read a book so moving, plainspoken, and beautiful." âMichael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Moonglow
How much of our memory is constructed by imagination? And how does memory shape our lives? As a nineâyearâold, Elizabeth Farnsworth struggled to understand the loss of her mother. On a crossâcountry 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 locked compartment on the train.
Weaving a childâs 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 nineâyearâold self and the experienced journalist. 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.
