{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"115. Lisa Jewell; Family Roots in India, a Different Barbados and How Nothing Beats a Week in Lanzarote","description":"Internationally best-selling author Lisa Jewell is a Londoner through and through, yet her Anglo-Indian mother had a rather traumatic upbringing in India and Pakistan. Lisa\u2019s travelled far and wide \u2013 tracing her family roots in India, having rare-for-the-time childhood holidays in Barbados and was even inspired to centre one novel about an unknown woman sneaking into a posh beach resort in the south of France. But she\u2019s in her holiday element when spending a couple of weeks chilling in a nice hotel in Lanzarote.     On this episode we cover:   Her mother being abandoned in India as a child Her grandmother being sent to England solo with baby twins Her four year old mother being sent to boarding school Being told she had a different mother now Finally taking the boat to England age 10 The long-lost brother who appeared in the garden Casual acts of cruelty against children in the Victorian era The difficult trip to India that should have been magical Struggling with countries with extreme wealth divides Finding India a huge culture shock Turning into sulky teenagers when on holiday with parents Not being that impressed by the Taj Mahal Finding Cape Town a similar experience in terms of struggling with the poverty Preferring a week in a resort in Lanzarote Good food, female emancipation and nice weather LFN \u2018going travelling\u2019 as ending up as far as Amsterdam People\u2019s expectations going to be lower now since Covid The joys of writing in a caf\u00e9 But feeling guilty in post Covid cafes Not doing any research for her books Writing a book a year Her first book being written for a bet when working as a secretary The mysterious woman in the South of France who inspired a whole book LFN\u2019s parents probably looking quite striking as a mixed race family in the South of France in the 70s and 80s No-one inheriting her mother\u2019s Anglo-Indian colouring Growing up sandwiched between the colourful, loud Indian side and her white middle class side Barbados being an (unexpected for 1970s and 80s) huge part of their childhoods Barbados Christmas parties (and Boney M) being etched in her mind forever   ","author_name":"The Big Travel Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thebigtravelpodcast.com","html":"