I used to smuggle roadkill into the house despite my mother's preference for flowers.
Jane Wilson-Howarth mother, physician, author and zoologist has lived in the East for long enough to be able to say diarrhoea in nine Asian languages. She's become an authority on travel health. So far five novels (four for children) and five of her non-fiction books have been published as well as around 300 articles on travel and health plus stories published in several anthologies. Read more.
A Glimpse of Eternal Snows
How to Shit Around the World
Staying Healthy When You Travel
Snowfed Waters
Himalayan Kidnap
Lemurs of the Lost World
Your Child Abroad: a travel health guide
Chasing the Tiger
Madagascar Misadventure
50 Camels and She's Yours
Himalayan Hostages
Himalayan Hideout
Himalayan Heist
Under a Himalayan Sky: A Story of Love, Loss and Learning to Live
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