A Train Through Time: A Life, Real and Imagined

A Train Through Time: A Life, Real and Imagined - Paperback

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A Train Through Time: A Life, Real and Imagined - Paperback

A Train Through Time: A Life, Real and Imagined - Paperback

by Elizabeth Farnsworth
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by Elizabeth Farnsworth (Author), Mark Serr (Illustrator)

"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.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Farnsworth is a filmmaker, foreign correspondent, and former chief correspondent and principal substitute anchor of PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. She has reported from Cambodia, Vietnam, Chile, Haiti, Iraq, and Iran, among other places, and has received three Emmy nominations and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award.

Number of Pages: 176
Dimensions: 0.6 x 6.9 x 4.9 IN
Publication Date: February 13, 2018
ISBN9781619026018
Author Elizabeth Farnsworth
PublisherCounterpoint LLC
GenreBiography and Relationships
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages176
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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