My Other World

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One of Australia's best-loved public figures tells the very personal story of her great love for travelling. Best known as a "national treasure", Margaret Whitlam also happens to be a tour leader extraordinaire and has visited almost every corner of the globe, taking with her hundreds of travellers on group study tours. This is Margaret's story of people and places she encountered in her "other world" - travelling the Wine Road of Burgundy; walking through the ancient city of Macchu Picchu; sharing a meal with a friendly family in their Moscow home; going to the opera in Vienna, and a nightclub in Istanbul. Brimming with anecdotes and observations, the book also offers the odd travel tip (a great place to eat in Dijon, an experience to avoid on Lake Titicaca). Margaret's tours were so popular that some people travelled with her year after year. Readers will meet Betty for whom the world is magnifique, Charles the "Bairn from Nairn", Father Jim who is not always reverent, lovely Mariana crossed-in-love...and many more. Margaret's gentle humour and infectious enthusiasm for faraway places make for a lighthearted way to journey around the world - all from the comfort of your favourite armchair. Join her as she travels across Siberia, along the Danube and on to Olympia, Rio and Chiang Mai.

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'...enough to make even the most unadventurous of us pack a bag, jump on the bus and join Margaret Whitlam in her "other world".' Sunday Age 'A readily deployed humour, her zest and her disdain for grandiloquence combine to make this a fine read.' Australian Gourmet Traveller 'What comes through is the verve, the energy, the curiosity and the good humour of the writer, her enjoyment of not only her other world but also its people.' Australian Book Review

Author Bio

Before leading eighteen tours with International Study Programs, Margaret Whitlam was already a social worker, a mother of four and an advocate for adult education - as well as the partner of an Australian Icon. Among the many posts she has filled are Chairman of the National Council for International Literacy Year (1990) and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.