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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of The Art of Traveling Strangers set across Italy and in Paris
25th June 2023
We are delighted to offer 3 copies of The Art of Traveling Strangers by Zoe Disigny, set across Italy and in Paris.
Open to UK/EU entries
It’s the 1980s, and art historian Claire Markham reels from a series of heartbreaking losses. Desperate to escape her shattered reality, she becomes an art guide in Europe for quirky stranger Viv Chancey and embarks on a life-changing journey through the art-filled cities of Milan, Venice, Ravenna, Florence, Siena, Rome, and Paris.
Once abroad, Claire tries to hide her woes by focusing on Viv’s art education, but Viv—who is not who she seems—has a different learning experience in mind. Frustrated and wanting to reimagine her life, Claire embraces the idea of reality as illusion and finds herself slipping into the tales of art and history.
When threatened with one more crushing loss, Claire must learn from the spirit of her eccentric companion and the lessons from the art they encounter to take charge of her life or lose the most precious thing in it.
The Art of Traveling Strangers is a journey of self-discovery and personal empowerment inspired by the great art masterpieces of Italy and France. It’s a tale of female bonding and the amazing powers of perception. After all, reality, like art, is just an illusion.
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- This is the story of two mis-matched women travelling together. But who would you LOVE to have as your travelling companion on an upcoming trip – you can choose anyone who you think would be good company! Share your thoughts with us in the COMMENTS BELOW by Saturday, 8 July 2023. The first three names chosen at random will be sent a copy each of the novel. UK/EU ONLY.
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The winner are:
SimonSez
Jenny Cawley
paul lodge
My Husband. I love every minute we spend to.
My best friend G. She’s got a terrific sense of humour and lives abroad so I don’t get to see her very often.
Xiaomanyc (the YouTube guy) – he would be able to speak wherever you went
My husband because he’s so good at directions and I’m rubbish!
Joanna Lumley – Such an interesting person.
I would travel with my husband, as he is always there for me through my many disabilities.
Got to be my mum, she’s brilliant company 🙂
I’d travel with my mum.
Miranda – she’d be hilarious!
Without a doubt I would love my travelling companion to be Miriam Margolyes. I love that she says exactly what she thinks with no filter, and she would be full of funny stories.
I usually like to travel with my partner and some friends.
I would travel with my best friend as we get along so well and have much in common.
I have a small groups of friends that I always like to travel with.
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I have a group of family/friends I like to travel with too. Makes for great bonding memories.
I would like to travel with my partner.
My husband is my best travelling companion
I’m going to be a complete hermit sociopath and take nobody, apart from characters in novels. Solo travel is a joy.
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It’s a gift to enjoy your own company. Travel on!
Stephen Fry for some intellectual conversation.
Sandi Toksvig. Funny, great company, full of stories but doesn’t monopolise the conversation. And wants to see the side of places that other people don’t see.
Gerard Butler for obvious reasons!
The Art of Traveling Strangers:
I would love to have my late friend Sally with me again to travel the world together. We were kindred spirits and would laugh till we hurt. I miss you so much Sally
My husband is always my ffirst choice as a travelling companion as we tend to enjoy the same mix of interests activities
id travel with my partner
i prefer to travel alone, with my dog
id travel with my best friend
my travel companion would be my mum
i would take my lovely wife Linda, she is my soulmate and a joy to be with
id travel with my Dad
my wife – she does all the planning!
id choose my sister
id take Peter Andre – he’d be a laugh
id choose my mum and shes really chilled
Would love to go on a road trip with my husband
My wife is a great companion. But I’d also love to take my son and brother on a road trip – they have so much in common and they are both such funny company!
I would love to take my sister holiday with me.
I’d love to go on a road-trip with my brother. We always used to go driving when we were teenagers so it would be a good throwback.
I’d go for Sue Barker
Bob Mortimer
my hubby 🙂
Very boringly I would love to have my husband with me as he is so supportive and much better at knowing where we are or how to gt to somewhere we want than me. I would just get lost without him.
Famous companion? Simon Reeve..if he’s not available then my husband 😉
Carol Kirkwood, I hear she is a good laugh to be with.
Well iy has to be my husband, who else?
I think I’d go with Jennifer Saunders – I think she’d be game for a laugh!
A tall, dark and handsome friend.
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Ooooooh, I see a story in this trip!
My husband
I’d love to go with my wife, she’s my best friend!
I just got married 2 months ago (after 32 years) so I should take my wife!
I’d love to travel with the presenter Sara Cox – she’s a book lover and a dog lover so we’d have plenty in common, and I know she’d have lots of funny stories to tell
I would choose my husband as he is my best friend and would be great to travel with as he enjoys the same things as I do.
I think Bob Mortimer would be a lot of fun – but could get us into some scrapes!
Montmorency – as long as he behaves himself!
My ideal travelling companion would be Dimash Qudaibergen, an insanely talented artist and musical genius..he’d be my travelling companion because he’s also kind hearted,educated, well travelled and speaks multiple languages
My sister Becky – always fun and willing to try anything once
Stephen Fry, guaranteed for witty and intelligent conversation.
I would love to go travelling with my best friend Jo and try and relive the holidays we had when we were in our 20’s!
my daughter xx
I would love to travel with my sister, we would have a great time!
I would love to have my incredible, brave and wonderful mum with me as my travelling companion. My mum is my hero, and one of the most fascinating and knowledgeable person I know. Her and I share so many of the same interests, such as art, history and reading etc, so we would be able to enjoy all the same activities.
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Can I come too?
Clare
Mark Steyn. Intelligent, informed, opinionated and funny. Great company on any trip.
Sir Alex Ferguson
I was going to say my cat as he’s good company and I always miss him when I travel but I don’t think he would make a great travel companion as he would be constantly trying to escape so I will instead say my mum! To be honest, it’s not so much a case of who I would want to travel with but who would want to travel with me!
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Yeah, too bad cats don’t travel well. They are such a comfort, like bringing a bit of home on a trip with you.
I think Sandi Toksvig would be an entertaining, well-informed and fun travelling companion.
I’d travel with my husband who enjoys and appreciates art and culture as much as me.
Sarah Millican would be lovely company and we could eat lots of cake!
Miriam Margoyles OBE – Would be more than a laugh a minute with high anticipation of what she would come out with next
I would love to have Stephen Fry as my travel companion. I’m sure that he could teach me so much about places we would visit.
The travelling companions I always want to accompany me are my lovely husband John and our dogs Gracie and Snuffs. It just wouldn’t be as much fun without them.
I would go with my husband
My friend and sister-in-law Vera we will have a good laugh.
It would have to be my sister, we always end up in crazy situations and laugh all the time. She has good sense of direction whereas i get lost in my accommodation.
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I love traveling with my sister too. She’s always been my best friend.
But who would you LOVE to have as your travelling companion on an upcoming trip . . . . The Princess of Wales
I have always thought that Jennifer Saunder would have a tale or two to tell.
I would love to go away with Lizzo. I think she’d be a great laugh
I think Helen Mirren would be such fun
It would have to be my husband. Although we argue, on times, we are great friends and enjoy similar pastimes. We both enjoy cooking and looking at architecture and also just being friends, together.
Dawn French – am sure she would be great company yet quite different to her tv persona
Stephen Fry – to keep me amused.
My hubby, he is the ideal travelling companion.
It would have to be my son. He’s great company, he’s lots of fun and interesting to chat with.
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My daughter is a great traveler and fun. She also is way ahead of me with technology, so that’s always a plus!
My great friend Kath
We’ve been friends for over 20 years and we would have the best time.
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I have a friend I love to travel with too. We are both art historians, which makes us really compatible when it comes to choosing where to go and what to see.
I have been travelling with my husband for 50 years (married for 47) We both retire this year and will be able to travel when we want, which will be marvellous as we are great companions. It is to be hoped that money and health allow us to continue!
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Good luck to you and your husband. Traveling is the best retirement gift!
My best friend, Pauline, who I’ve known since day 1 at primary school – over 73 years ago!
My husband and I are definitely on the same wavelength, well after forty four years, we need to be really!
If I was on a trip of a lifetime, I would want to know that there wasn’t going to be a lot of potential for falling out or disagreeing. Travelling with someone new, as much as you might think you know them and are on the same wavelength, is potentially fraught with complications 🙂
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You’re so right. Traveling with someone new can be a big challenge. But it’s a surefire way to discover how compatible you are . . . or not.
My husband
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I would love to travel with my friend Sue. We met on a bus in Canada in the 90’s and though we see each other infrequently, (living in different places) each occasion we do meet up it is like no time has passed at all. We always have many a laugh.
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How lovely is that!!
There’s nobody I’d rather travel with than my husband. I’m happier travelling alone than with anyone else
My husband and I did a trip to France with a group of friends which the last night was due to be in Paris. When we got to the hotel there had been a mix up with bedrooms, one with three in a room. I ended up with two female friends in one room and he shared a double bed with his mate. No romantic Paris for us
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Ha! Maybe next time.
My daughter as we are on the same wavelength
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Aren’t you lucky to be on the same wavelength as your daughter! I feel the same way about mine.