Today we have the fortune to feature a favourite author of mine, Lally Brown, in the 2020 Authors Showcase. I have read two of her books: High & Dry in the BVI and The Volcano, Montserrat and Me. They are both thoroughly enjoyable memoirs. I have included the links to my 5* reviews of them at the bottom of this post.
You can read Lally's contribution Haitian Boat People, which she has written especially for this showcase, by clicking here.
You can read Lally's contribution Haitian Boat People, which she has written especially for this showcase, by clicking here.
Lally Brown
Born and bred in Yorkshire, England, Lally embraced the Swinging Sixties with naïve enthusiasm. As a teenager in search of adventure she trekked overland to war-torn Israel, working on a small kibbutz driving a tractor and picking oranges to earn her keep. She managed to hitch-hike around the country staying in Haifa, Jerusalem and Acre. This amazing, and occasionally dangerous experience, was the spark that ignited her lifelong love of adventure and travel.
Lally has lost count of the number of homes she has had over the years but says her most memorable are those on remote St. Helena Island where ex-Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was imprisoned and where he died; Montserrat in the Caribbean when the volcano erupted, Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
Now, in her twilight years, Lally is writing about her adventurous life using the journals she kept at the time. Her books prove that truth can indeed be far stranger than fiction, with erupting volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, evacuations, abduction, drug smugglers, people smugglers, armed robbery, hangings, stowaways, bribery, corruption, political intrigues, riots, and much, much, more.
Born and bred in Yorkshire, England, Lally embraced the Swinging Sixties with naïve enthusiasm. As a teenager in search of adventure she trekked overland to war-torn Israel, working on a small kibbutz driving a tractor and picking oranges to earn her keep. She managed to hitch-hike around the country staying in Haifa, Jerusalem and Acre. This amazing, and occasionally dangerous experience, was the spark that ignited her lifelong love of adventure and travel.
Lally has lost count of the number of homes she has had over the years but says her most memorable are those on remote St. Helena Island where ex-Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was imprisoned and where he died; Montserrat in the Caribbean when the volcano erupted, Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
Now, in her twilight years, Lally is writing about her adventurous life using the journals she kept at the time. Her books prove that truth can indeed be far stranger than fiction, with erupting volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, evacuations, abduction, drug smugglers, people smugglers, armed robbery, hangings, stowaways, bribery, corruption, political intrigues, riots, and much, much, more.
Lally Brown’s books:
Links to Amazon reviews by Robert Fear
High & Dry in the BVI
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/RU37OVFA66J8O/
The Volcano, Montserrat and Me
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R1A4XJBZSM9PZ3/
High & Dry in the BVI
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/RU37OVFA66J8O/
The Volcano, Montserrat and Me
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R1A4XJBZSM9PZ3/
