Narrow Dog to Wigan Pier
черв. 2012 р. · Random House
4,7star
Відгуки: 3report
Електронна книга
368
Сторінки
family_home
Можна додати
info
reportGoogle не перевіряє оцінки й відгуки. Докладніше.
Про цю електронну книгу
At seventy-five, Terry and Monica Darlington had done everything they could think of doing, including starting a business and becoming athletes and running a literary society.Lately they had become boating adventurers and Terry a bestselling writer. But in their Midlands canal town in November, life was looking dull and short on surprises.
Then their famous canal boat was destroyed by fire. Within a few days they had bought a new one and soon headed north in the Phyllis May 2 – to Liverpool, Lancaster, the Pennines and Wigan Pier. Terry recorded the journey, and alongside it the story of his life and his marriage and his dog Jim, with his broken ear like a flat cap, and Monica’s dog Jess, known with heartbreaking reason as the Flying Catastrophe.
Funny, affecting and beautifully told, this is a story that brims with incident and excitement, and is full of the famous and fascinating people the Darlingtons have met - a story of an adventurous life well lived.
Then their famous canal boat was destroyed by fire. Within a few days they had bought a new one and soon headed north in the Phyllis May 2 – to Liverpool, Lancaster, the Pennines and Wigan Pier. Terry recorded the journey, and alongside it the story of his life and his marriage and his dog Jim, with his broken ear like a flat cap, and Monica’s dog Jess, known with heartbreaking reason as the Flying Catastrophe.
Funny, affecting and beautifully told, this is a story that brims with incident and excitement, and is full of the famous and fascinating people the Darlingtons have met - a story of an adventurous life well lived.
Оцінки та відгуки
4,7
3 відгуки
Про автора
TERRY DARLINGTON was an athlete and a businessman before becoming a writer. Like many Welshmen, he is ill at ease with practical matters and known to linger in public houses. He likes boating, but is not very good at it.
MONICA DARLINGTON was beauty queen of Brecon and Radnor, has a first-class degree, has run thirty marathons, and leaps tall buildings with a single bound. She quite likes boating.
JIM is sprung from a long line of whippets with ridiculous names. He is cowardly, thieving, and disrespectful and hates boating.
JESS is a rescue whippet. She is affectionate but three parts wild. She really really hates boating.
Оцініть цю електронну книгу
Повідомте нас про свої враження.
Як читати
Смартфони та планшети
Установіть додаток Google Play Книги для Android і iPad або iPhone. Він автоматично синхронізується з вашим обліковим записом і дає змогу читати книги в режимах онлайн і офлайн, де б ви не були.
Портативні та настільні комп’ютери
Ви можете слухати аудіокниги, куплені в Google Play, у веб-переглядачі на комп’ютері.
eReader та інші пристрої
Щоб користуватися пристроями для читання електронних книг із технологією E-ink, наприклад Kobo, вам знадобиться завантажити файл і перенести його на відповідний пристрій. Докладні вказівки з перенесення файлів на підтримувані пристрої можна знайти в Довідковому центрі.
