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The Seventh Train

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Pub Date Apr 02 2019 | Archive Date Jul 26 2019


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Description

What if you can’t stand where you are because there’s nothing there? What if you don’t want to end up anywhere else in case that’s empty too? When life has lost its road map, sometimes the only way to get back on track is to get back on the rails.

The Seventh Train is a ride - a ‘road movie’ on the railways. It’s a journey that Elizabeth invented; the only original thought she has ever had in her previously uneventful life. Unbeknown to her, she is not travelling alone. If only she’d pretended that the spare seat was taken.

With a wonderfully eclectic cast of characters, The Seventh Train takes its passengers on a journey from the tragic to the strange, arriving finally at hope. By turns heart-breaking, thought-provoking and hilarious, this tale is a life-affirming exploration of the human spirit via the British railway timetable! 

What if you can’t stand where you are because there’s nothing there? What if you don’t want to end up anywhere else in case that’s empty too? When life has lost its road map, sometimes the only way...


A Note From the Publisher
Jackie Carreira is a writer, musician, designer and co-founder of QuirkHouse Theatre. She has twice been a winner of the Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama. Her favourite place to write is in railway cafés. The Seventh Train was born over several cappuccinos at Paddington station. This is her second novel.

Jackie Carreira is a writer, musician, designer and co-founder of QuirkHouse Theatre. She has twice been a winner of the Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama. Her favourite place to write is in...


Advance Praise

“Ingenious, great fun, and wholly original” - Fay Weldon CBE, on The Seventh Train

“Ingenious, great fun, and wholly original” - Fay Weldon CBE, on The Seventh Train


Available Editions

EDITION Ebook
ISBN 9781838599096
PRICE $2.99 (USD)
PAGES 200

Average rating from 18 members


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