One Leg Over (Paperback)

Robin Dalton

ISBN 10: 1925355942 / ISBN 13: 9781925355949

Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2017

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Paperback. From 96-year old Robin Dalton, an eye-opening memoir of love, relationships and sexual liberation during and after WWIIAt the age of ninety-six Robin Dalton looks back on a rich and colourful life, and especially her sumptuous love life. This is a story of romance and love like no other.After marrying young and disastrously, society belle Robin Eakin divorces. The event makes the front page of the Sydney newspapers, bumping the war news to page 2.Then there are the American and British servicemen in Sydney-the dancing, the many trysts and a number of not-too-serious promises of marriage.Robin sets off for London at the end of the war, the only passenger on a military flight, to meet her latest fiance, Johnny. Her extensive luggage-jewellery, crockery, linen and furs-followed by ship.But her doting fiance is in for bad news- Robin has fallen for David, Marquis of Milford Haven, friend and cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh, and, once her luggage arrives, Robin says goodbye to Johnny and dashes off with David.While most of Europe struggles with post-war austerity, Robin's days and nights are filled with extravagant dinners, parties with royalty and romantic getaways. Affairs, exotic travel and high living abound before Robin meets and marries Emmet Dalton. But even this deep true love was not destined to last.One Leg Over is a delightful glimpse of a bygone world of romance, glamour and decadence portrayed with inimitable style and outrageous humour. A surprising, lively and fun memoir of love, relationships and a young woman's sexual liberation Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: One Leg Over (Paperback)
• Publisher: Text Publishing, Melbourne
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925355942
• ISBN 13: 9781925355949
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

At the age of ninety-five, Robin Dalton looks back on her life, particularly on her love life.

Married at nineteen, disastrously, Robin has a lucky escape—her ‘Society Divorce’ makes the front page of Sydney newspapers, bumping the war to page three. Then there are the American and British servicemen in Sydney—the dancing, the many trysts and a number of not-too-serious engagements—before Robin travels to England ostensibly to marry one of those fiancés.
While most of Europe struggles with post-war austerity, Robin’s days and nights are filled with extravagant dinners,parties with royalty and romantic getaways, until she meets the man who will become, for a brief few years beforehis early death, her second husband.

One Leg Over is a story of love and romance, of fun and glamour, and of loss and great sadness. But above all it’s a celebration of a wonderful life.

From Text Publishing website.