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At 18 your closest friend commits suicide. At 29 you're backpacking in the Australian outback when you see her. She claims to be someone else but you'd know her anywhere... The new novel from the author of the acclaimed Backpack.
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At eighteen, your closest friend commits suicide.
At twenty-nine, you're backpacking in the Australian outback when you see her. She has a husband. She has a ten-year-old son. She has a baby on the way. She claims to be someone else. But you'd recognise her anywhere.
Back in England you tell your journalist boyfriend. While he never knew her, he always knew of her - her name is Daisy Fraser and she was awaiting trial over the deaths of four people when she jumped off the Severn Bridge. He thinks: This could be the scoop of the century. He says: Happy Christmas - I'm taking you to Australia to find Daisy.
At twenty-nine, you're backpacking in the Australian outback when you see her. She has a husband. She has a ten-year-old son. She has a baby on the way. She claims to be someone else. But you'd recognise her anywhere.
Back in England you tell your journalist boyfriend. While he never knew her, he always knew of her - her name is Daisy Fraser and she was awaiting trial over the deaths of four people when she jumped off the Severn Bridge. He thinks: This could be the scoop of the century. He says: Happy Christmas - I'm taking you to Australia to find Daisy.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed this book, very down to earth and you can put yourself in the parts of all the characters as the author describes/writes about them very well. The plot wasn't what I expected but the way the story unfolds keeps you gripped wanting to find out what happens. Open ended finale but it makes you realise it doesn't matter what the end is, it is the journey you have gone on with the characters (still, would have like to know what happened). I don't think I would have enjoyed it so much if I hadn't been to the Aussie outback though. A good holiday read ;-)
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a read!
Last year's 'Backpack' - Barr's debut novel - was a treat and a real discovery, so I eagerly awaited this, her second novel.
'Baggage' is the story of what happens when you decide that life is simply too much, and you need to get out - in this case faking your own death.
'Baggage' is gripping from beginning to end, and wittier still than Backpack. Having travelled to the Australian Outback (where much of the novel is set) - I can vouch for the authenticity of the descriptions, many of which (especially of the outlandish characters) had me in stiches.
Barr again draws on what she knows through experience as a journalist and more specifically a travel writer.
I thoroughly recommend this. Ideal to take on holiday and again, a real page turner.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
but I'll say a few anyway.
This book is gripping from start to finish and oh-so-credible, although this kind of things doesn't happen to all of us, of course! It's more of a sense that your life can be going perfectly well one day and then be thrown into chaos by a chance event.
I loved this and passed it onto my mum, who also couldn't out it down.
This book is gripping from start to finish and oh-so-credible, although this kind of things doesn't happen to all of us, of course! It's more of a sense that your life can be going perfectly well one day and then be thrown into chaos by a chance event.
I loved this and passed it onto my mum, who also couldn't out it down.
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Had potential...
I really enjoyed Emily Barr's previous best selling novel Backpack. Therefore, I looked forward to reading Baggage. Read more
Published 21 months ago by MsCindyBooks
Could have been so good...
This book started off really well and drew me in quickly, I even stayed up most of the night beause I wanted to see how it ended and how I now wish I hadn't. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2009 by alphabeat
Very disappointed with the ending - if you can call it that!
I mostly enjoyed this book, found the narrating characters interesting if a little cold. It was gripping and the descriptions of Australia were authentic. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2008 by Tamianne
Spoilt by the ending
For most of this book I was gripped. The story kept me interested and although Lina/Daisy did irritate me at times, I really wanted to know what was going to happen. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2007 by Mandy
Fantastic Holiday Read
As someone who has backpacked in Australia herself a few years back (OK, 10 years ago) I was looking forward to reading this book. I am very glad I did. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2004 by Essex Girl
An intriguing premise for a novel
I happened upon this book by accident and found it ideal meat for entirely engrossing oneself in a good story on wet afternoons. Read more
Published on 21 April 2003
lost two stars for ending
I enjoyed every page of this book and was completely engrossed. I loved the fact that the characters were not cliched or predictable and the that you could expect them to behave in... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2002
Not a bad read
Interesting storyline, with a few surprises along the way. The two-fold viewpoints of the story were a little confusing at first, but ultimately added depth and the opportunity to... Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2002
funny and compelling
Unlike the last reviewer, I hated the cover but picked the book up anyway because I enjoyed Backpack by the same author. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2002
Surprisingly disappointing
I bought this for a variety of reasons:
a) I lived in Australia for a while, and spent time in the Outback where this novel is set. Read more
a) I lived in Australia for a while, and spent time in the Outback where this novel is set. Read more
Published on 18 April 2002
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