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Chasing Shooting Stars: A South American Paper Trail into the Past

by Buffy Jeffs
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781477413715
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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  • Pages: 498
  • Original Price: USD 17.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 658 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

CHASING SHOOTING STARS is more than just an fascinating travelogue; it is a roller-coaster ride of emotions, an intriguing family history, and a sometimes painful personal memoir. It tells the story of a journey taken to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in 1999 in search of colourful ancestors - English expatriates who made (and sometimes lost) their fortunes. The story begins with an adventurous Liverpudlian great-great grandfather who crossed the Atlantic in the mid-nineteenth century and returned years later a "Gentleman". It is a true labour of love to find a far-flung family from the distant and not-so-distant past.

After training in theatre and Laban dance, Angela Jeffs stepped sideways into London publishing. She worked freelance as an editor from 1973 while raising her son and daughter, then reinvented herself in Japan as a journalist and writer from 1986. She was a feature writer and weekly columnist for The Japan Times for 24 years, and Japan Correspondent for Asia Magazine in Hong Kong from 1989-1996. Her book Insider's Tokyo, commissioned by what was then Times Editions in Singapore, was published in 2001. Since 2005 she has been developing and facilitating a programme of therapeutic creative writing under the title Drawing on the Writer Within. Since the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdowns of 2011, most her writing has been directed towards handling the psychological aftermath (www.embrace-transition.com/) In late 2012, she moved with her Japanese husband and cat to Scotland, where she seeks once more to reinvent herself. Chasing Shooting Stars is her first eBook. She is now working on Household Stories/Katei Monogatari, a book about her house in Japan. Publication, 2017.

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