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Backpack, by Emily Barr
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The wonderful first novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Sleeper and The Sisterhood.
It's New Year's Day and the year isn't kicking off well for Tansy: her mother's dead, she's a cocaine addict, and her boyfriend has just left her. A trip around the world seems like the only option except that she's not interested in seeing the world, just escaping from it, and the last people she wants to hang out with are backpackers.
Like a lot of travellers on the Lonely-Planet-led Asian Grand Tour, Tansy is intensely irritating at first. Always on the look out for the "real" Vietnam―the one in which she can walk around "like a model, fanning myself gently, strolling into ancient temples and learning about inner peace"―she is opinionated, narrow-minded and remarkably naive (for a supposed media luvvy). Once she has shrugged off her addiction to lines of coke, skinny lattes and Nicole Fahri jumpers, she becomes more appealing. So by the time she's fallen for Max, a fellow traveller, she'll have won you over and you'll be just as worried as she is about the serial killer who appears to be on her trail.
Emily Barr has written columns and travel pieces for the Observer and the Guardian for several years, and her previous novels have all been critically acclaimed. She lives in Cornwall with her husband and three children.
Backpack, by Emily Barr- Published on: 2015-11-17
- Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x .50" w x 5.25" l, .15 pounds
- Running time: 12 Hours
- Binding: MP3 CD
From Publishers Weekly Giving the tired single-girl school of fiction a much-needed shot in the arm, Barr concocts a stylish, astringent antidote to the usual sugary fare. Liberated by her alcoholic mother's death, Tansy Harris plans a yearlong tour of Asia with her off-again-on-again boyfriend, Tom. When he backs out, Tansy decides that traveling solo will be fabulous: she will meditate, she will do yoga, she will develop a new cosmopolitan persona. Of course, her journey does not go as planned. The Asia that Tansy finds is impoverished, malodorous and unfashionable not at all like the Asia she has seen in travel magazines. Disappointed and lonely, she befriends a group of backpackers, a species of traveler she disdains for their lack of style (as the title suggests, this attitude will be dramatically revised). These nomads help Tansy to understand and enjoy her surroundings; they also lead her to a delightful new man named Max, although Tansy regards her tryst with him as a holiday fling. Tom is her true love never mind that Max is generous and loving while Tom is nasty and self-absorbed. This tangle gives the novel a romantic spin, but it also prods Tansy into some much-needed introspection. There is a murder mystery thrown in, which could be intrusive but is intriguing and deftly woven into the plot. While tragedy never overburdens the story, Tansy's reliance on alcohol and drugs is candidly depicted, as is her unhappy relationship with her mother. Caustically hilarious and very entertaining, the novel carries emotional impact without schmaltz and rises above the usual Britpop fluff. Barr's is a welcome new voice. (Jan.)Forecast: This debut was a bestseller in Britain, and word of its charms should spread quickly.
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From Booklist Following her mother's funeral, Tansy winds up in the hospital after overdosing on cocaine and alcohol. Soon after, the 28-year-old party-girl decides she needs a change and plans a year-long trek through Southeast Asia with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Tom. He characteristically backs out at the last minute, but Tansy decides to go anyway, and in the end, she gets more than she bargained for. From the moment she arrives in Saigon, she is forced to shed her preconceived notions about people, herself included. She examines her own dependency on alcohol and drugs, falls in love with someone she initially dismissed, and becomes increasingly afraid she is somehow linked to a string of murders of female backpackers in cities on her itinerary. Tansy's first-person narrative is interspersed with e-mails between her and her friends and family, and although at first this device seems gimmicky, it becomes integral to the plot. Barr mixes many elements--adventure, romance, mystery--and successfully juggles them in a fast-paced and enjoyable tale. Beth WarrellCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review ...Barr is a master of balance....She straddles several genres well, and never disappoints in any. -- Bookreporter.com...Emily Barr's debut novel will keep readers riveted... -- Dallas Morning News, February 3, 2002...a fast-paced and enjoyable tale. -- Booklist, November 15, 2001Witty, self-deprecating, and snappy, this is a refreshing take on the single, neurotic British female genre. -- Genevieve Heater, Scott's Bookstore
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Engaging and interesting By A Customer Backpack is a nice change of pace from the dearth of British single girl fiction. While the protagonist, Tansy, is newly single, instead of moping around London she heads to Asia.To say Tansy is unprepared to travel for a year and that she endures culture shock, is an understatement. Who else would pack designer clothes, including white linen, in a backpack. By the end of her first day, many finger marks from children beggars are all over the bottom of her shirt. Reluctantly, she buys more practical clothes -- including tye-dye t-shirts. These t-shirts are like those worn by the backpackers that she tries not to associate herself with "I'm a traveller, not a backpacker." Even as Tansy starts spending more and more time with backpackers, and continually growing to feel like genuine friends with them, she is still hesitant to label herself as one. Regardless of this, the more she travels the more her personality and outlook are effected.Barr does a very good job of showing how immersion in a foreign culture, with or without travel partners, will alter your outlook on life. While the location descriptions aren't always very distinct or tangible, the reader is provided with a reasonably good sense of Tansy's location. It was my impression that this story could have been set anywhere where Tansy didn't know the local language. But that just reinforces the idea that this is Tansy's story, with Asia as a backdrop instead of Asia as a central point to the story. Where other single Brit girl books have their protagonists swilling chardonnay and eating milk trays, Tansy is drinking Dragon beer and worrying about ordering vegetarian food properly.The murder mystery angle is interesting and, at times, provides more pull to the overall storyline than Tansy's 'what will I do about my boyfriend back home' and 'what will I do about my lover here' frequent musings. And this storyline also nicely ties together Tansy's friends and family back home, and provides a strong undercurrent amongst Tansy and her travelling companions.All in all, this is a solid first novel and I will be interested to read Barr's next novel. In taking a familiar theme and character-type and dumping them in Asia, Barr has nicely drawn a parallel between the shock of the loss of a romantic partner and the shock and bewilderment you feel when you're suddenly immersed in a culture you know little about. It is the setting of Asia that makes this novel refreshingly stand out from its genre.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Two, Two, Two Novels in One! OR Maybe Even Three... By extrader chick Backpack by Emily Barr wants to be a an insightful character study of a bright young Londoner who represses the effects of her pain-filled youth. It also wants to be a murder mystery, and quite possibly has aspirations of being a hip travelogue. Anyone of these would have worked, but the resulting hodgepodge of genres results in many underdeveloped characters and subplots. The murderer is obvious, as is the romance.However, parts of this book are very funny, especially before Tansy becomes a kinder, gentler person. If you are stuck in an airport, reading this book is better than staring at the TV screen, but otherwise, you have better things to do with your time.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. whiny cokehead makes good (reading) By verbminx Backpack is marketed as a comic novel in the Britchick genre, but it's much more a book of self-discovery. It details the misadventures of Tansy, a party girl whose horrifying alcoholic mother has recently died from one drink too many, as she goes alone a year-long trip to Asia that was supposed to happen with her on/off boyfriend. She begins as an extremely whiny and unlikeable character, full of bad attitude, with an idea of how fashionably zen her trip will make her appear to others. Once on the road, however, she begins to lose her bad attitude and open up to the things she sees and the new friends she makes: notably, a kind Australian "little people" couple, Ally and Andy, and a fellow Brit, backpacker Max, with whom Tansy begins a relationship that quickly becomes more serious than she expected. With their support - and perspective gained from being far away from her London lifestyle and partying friends - she begins to become a better and more interesting person, and to explore the effects of her mother's death. There is a murder mystery subplot in this book, and I don't think it's entirely successful - the last few chapters are poorly-written in comparison to what has come before (and in a general sense - the killer's dialogue is laughably bad), and the end is anticlimactic, which is why I've given it only four stars. This is not a light book, but it is an interesting take on how a young woman learns to balance her life and come into her own while she is a long way away from what had been an unhealthy home.
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