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The obvious starting point of any world trip, Emma is inspired to make a journey. She begins at Aberystwyth, the coastal Welsh town where she was a miserable drama student in the late 1980s and where, unknown to her, her father had a love affair with a woman he abandoned heartbroken and pregnant in the early 1950’s. Discovering the secret inspires a journey around the world and to other places.
The Book is based on a travel blog made by Emma whilst on her journey in 2010. It was re-worked and updated with support from the Arts Council in 2013.

Chapter 2: Bucharest

Beyond Dreams of Aberystwyth | The Book Bucharest is much as the guide books will tell you – a hotch-botch mix of beautiful old …

Chapter 3: Focsani & Odobesti

Beyond Dreams of Aberystwyth | The Book Focsani is nowhere on the Romanian tourist trail. However I had recently found out that a great-great-grandfather …

Chapter 5: To Krakow

Beyond Dreams of Aberystwyth | The Book I left Romania. I took the night train north from Bucharest. Marcel from the Jewish State Theatre …