One Leg Over

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.

La varsta de nouazeci si cinci de ani, Robin Dalton se uita inapoi la viata ei, in special la viata ei amoroasa. Casatorita la nouasprezece ani, dezastruos, Robin are o scapare norocoasa - „Divortul societatii” face prima pagina a ziarelor din Sydney, lovind razboiul la pagina trei. Apoi, exista soldatii americani si britanici la Sydney - dansul, numeroasele incercari si o serie de angajamente nu prea serioase - inainte ca Robin sa calatoreasca in Anglia aparent pentru a se casatori cu unul dintre acei logodnici. In timp ce majoritatea Europei se lupta cu post-razboiul. austeritate, zilele si noptile lui Robin sunt pline de mese extravagante, petreceri cu regalitate si evadari romantice, pana cand se intalneste cu barbatul care va deveni, pentru cativa ani inainte de moartea sa timpurie, al doilea sot al ei. One Leg Over este o poveste de dragoste si romantism, de distractie si glamour, si de pierdere si mare tristete.