
I Left My Tent in San Francisco
My Disastrous Attempt to Cross the USA in the 80s
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2012
Summary
More hilarious tales of holiday disaster from Emma Kennedy, the bestselling author of The Tent, The Bucket and Me
It’s 1989, and Emma and her best friend Dee head to the USA to make their fortune. But completely inept and virtually unemployable, they discover that they can’t even get a job in McDonald’s.
Forced to travel from California to New York with only pennies in their pockets, they bounce from scrape to scrape, surviving on their wits and the kindness of strangers. Bad …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091935962 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091935962 |
| Author: | Emma Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 126mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Ebury Press |

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Critics Review
I love her writing * Jon Ronson *
Hilarious * Heat *
The female Bill Bryson… a very funny read… brilliant. – Christian O’Connell * Radio Five Live *
Emma Kennedy
Emma Kennedy is a bestselling author, TV writer, actress and presenter. She has written ten books including her bestselling memoirs, The Tent the Bucket and Me and I Left My Tent in San Francisco. She wrote the Wilma Tenderfoot series for children and has also adapted The Tent the Bucket and Me for the BBC, renamed The Kennedys. The Time of Our Lives is Emma’s second adult novel.
As an actress Emma has appeared in many award-winning comedies including Goodness Gracious Me, People Like Us and Miranda. Emma won Celebrity Masterchef in 2012 and is a Guinness World Record holder.
Emma lives in Surrey with her wife and their dogs, and is hard at work on her next novel.
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