The Teardrop Island by Cherry Briggs

The Teardrop Island by Cherry Briggs

The Teardrop Island follows in the footsteps of the eccentric Victorian James Emerson Tennent, along a route which takes Cherry to pilgrimage trails, tea estates, and rural regions inhabited by indigenous tribes, and through areas of the former warzone, delving under the surface of the contemporary culture via cricket matches and fortune tellers.

Inspired by the Ceylon travels recounted in the mid-1800s by Irishman James Emerson Tennent, Briggs not only touches on Sri Lanka's deep and colorful history but also details her modern-day encounters with people and street scenes, venturing from the island's south coast to the capital city of Colombo and all the way to its war-torn northern and eastern coasts, where travel has been severely restricted by the Sri Lankan army* Booklist (US) *
In post-tsunami, post-civil war Sri Lanka, Cherry Briggs vividly retraces the footsteps of a quirky 19th-century explorer. * National Geographic Traveller (US) *
A fascinating and enjoyable read from an articulate and entertaining writer. * Wanderlust *

Cherry Briggs worked as a Biology teacher in Oxfordshire until the cold, grey skies got the better of her and she went in search of warmer climes. Being a keen cyclist she got on her bike and cycled around Asia until she finally settled in Sri Lanka. Much as she loved the island however, her feet soon became itchy and she now lives high up in the Andes in Bogota, Colombia.

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ISBN 13	9781849534147
ISBN 10	1849534144
Title	The Teardrop Island
Author	Cherry Briggs
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Octopus Publishing Group
Year published	2013-06-03
Number of pages	320
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