East of Croydon
- Author Sue Perkins
- Narrator Sue Perkins
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 10 hours and 24 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Classic travel writing, Humour, Memoirs, Performing arts, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works, Travel guides: adventure holidays.
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What to expect
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of East of Croydon written and read by Sue Perkins.
A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the remote and snowy peaks of Tibet.
Up until that point, the farthest East I'd been was Torremolinos, in the Costa Del Sol.
Here's the thing:
I am scared of flying.
I have zero practical skills.
I can't survive if I am more than a three minute walk from a supermarket.
For the last seven years I have suffered with crippling anxiety
I bolt when panicked.
I cannot bear to witness humans or animals in distress
I have no ability to learn languages.
I am a terrible hypochondriac
And I am no good with boats.
So I said yes.
Critics Review
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Alongside laugh-out-loud travel stories, the book also provides a moving account of her coming to terms with her father’s death
Daily Mirror -
Vivid, laugh-out-loud, moving
Sunday Express -
Alongside a wealth of vivid and hilarious travel stories, Sue also writes movingly about coming to terms with the recent death of her father as she stands beside the Ganges
Daily Express -
The former Bake Off presenter journeys far out of her comfort zone on travels from India to Indonesia, sharing entertaining travel stories and a moving account of grieving for her father
Pick of the holiday reads, Daily Mirror -
An unvarnished, endearing and very funny account
Woman & Home -
Part memoir, part travel guide. A fab account full of wit and emotion
Prima
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