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Using two cross-country trips on Amtrak as her narrative vehicles, British writer Jenny Diski connects the humming rails, taking her into the heart of America with the track-like scars leading back to her own past. As in the highly acclaimed Skating to Antarctica, Diski has created a seamless and seemingly effortless amalgam of reflections and revelation in a unique combination of travelogue and memoir.Diski, Jenny is the author of 'Stranger on a Train Daydreaming and Smoking Around America With Interruptions', published 2003 under ISBN 9780312422622 and ISBN 0312422628.
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