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Title:

The best women's travel writing. Volume 12 : true stories from around the world / edited by Lavinia Spalding ; illustrated by Colette Hannahan.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Travelers' Talesan imprint of Solas House, Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

323 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Subject:

Travelers' writings--Women authors.
Women travelers.
Voyages and travels.
Travel writing.

Other Authors:

Spalding, Lavinia, editor.
Hannahan, Colette, illustrator.

Contents:

Introduction / Tania Romanov Amochaev (Bhutan). Not a stranger / Alia Volz (Cuba) -- Stolen tickets / Naomi Melati Bishop (Indonesia, the world) -- Wade in the water / Alexandria Scott (Maryland) -- Headlights / Marcia DeSanctis (France) -- To the travelers watching reality TV / Anna Vodicka (Bolivia) -- Wingmom / Suzanne Roberts (Greece) -- Tracking a ghost / Jill K. Robinson (India) -- Half dome / Alison Singh Gee (California) -- Casi Loco / Anita Cabrera (Colombia) -- A strange ambition / Eva Holland (Canada) -- You don't have to be here / Anne P. Beatty (Nepal) -- A bedtime story / Diane Lebow (Italy) -- In the presence of boys / Marilyn Abildskov (Japan) -- Traveling queer and far / Sally Kohn (India) -- Meeting joy / Jennifer Baljko (Azerbaijan) -- Save the date / Martha McCully (Spain / The world) -- Our ravaged lady / Erin Byrne (France) -- Key change / Rahawa Haile (Florida) -- A family project / Faith Adiele (Finland) -- The godfather town / Ann Leary (Italy) -- Zooming in on Petra / Susan Orlean (Jordan) -- A daughter's guide to Florence / Audrey Ferber (Italy) -- Frangipani / Mathangi Subramanian (India) -- Journey proud / Toni Mirosevich (The Adriatic Sea) -- Why I took my daughter to Auschwitz/ Peggy Orenstein (Poland) -- Convivencia / Christina Ammon (Spain) -- Making the rounds / Abbie Kozolchyk (Peru) -- Call of the sirens / Colette Hannahan (Ireland/France) -- Single woman traveling alone / Jacqueline Luckett (Mexico) -- Good enough / Anne Sigmon (Tanzania) -- The house on KVR Swamy Road/ Sivani Babu (India) -- S rare-colored stone / Shannon Leone Fowler (Ireland) -- Come and see / Kaitlin Barker Davis (Indonesia) -- Not a stranger / Tania Romanov Amochaev (Bhutan).

Summary:

"This 12th volume in the popular series presents the best travel writing by women for women that's been done in the past few years. Adventures range from a trip into a new neighborhood to expeditions to the far corners of the globe, always with the inner journey close at hand to give perspective and meaning. The voices are diverse, intimate, and engaging, as are the stories." -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1609521897
9781609521899

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1139238279

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)