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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.

Publication Info. Palo Alto : Travelers' Tales, an imprint of Solas House, Inc., [2020]

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  910.4 SPALDING    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxiii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents Introduction / Lavinia Spalding -- Finding El Saez / 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) -- A 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.
Subject Travelers' writings -- Women authors.
Women travelers.
Voyages and travels.
Voyages and travels. (OCoLC)fst01169308
Women travelers. (OCoLC)fst01178642
Genre/Form Travel writing. (OCoLC)fst01919983
Travel writing.
Added Author Spalding, Lavinia, editor.
Hannahan, Colette, illustrator.
Added Title Women's travel writing
ISBN 9781609521899 (paperback)
1609521897 (paperback)
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