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Book SynopsisIn
The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 10: True Stories from Around the World, thirty celebrated and emerging writers invite you to ride shotgun as they travel the globe to discover new places, people, and facets of themselves. The essays are as diverse as the destinations, the common thread being fresh, compelling storytelling that will make you laugh, weep, wish you were there, or thank your lucky stars you weren’t.
The Best Women’s Travel Writing speaks to the reasons why we traveland how travel changes our lives.
In
The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 10: True Stories from Around the World, you’ll:
Study the ancient art of belly dancing in Egypt
Go day-drinking with a sea captain in Croatia
Scuba dive through an underground cave in Mexico
Run from massive exploding balloons in Burma
Embed with the military in Afghanistan
Experience a different kind of time in Argentina
Go dogsledding in Finland
Confront heartache, pain, and a deadly creature in Indonesia
Negotiate with smugglers in Mongolia
Marry a stranger at Burning Man
... and much, much more.
Trade ReviewPraise for the
Best Women's Travel Writing series:
"This book will grace my bedside for years to come. " Simon Winchester
"Delightful (and sometimes dreadful) wayfaring adventures from all corners of the globe."
The Washington Post"There is real drama and comedy in these pages."
San Francisco Chronicle"An inspiration and a fine read for anyone who is missing the open road."
Transitions Abroad"Even as a veteran traveler, I found new revelations here." Herbert Gold
