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3.75 AVERAGE
I found this book as a recommendation for a solo female travelers group.
Apparently Rita Golden Gelman has emassed quite a niche following amongst the 50 plus women's community seeking empowerment and enlightenment through very off the beaten path travel.
The book follows Gelman as she travels through Mexico on her first big solo trip as a needed respite from her dissolving marriage. 15 years and 300 pages later, Gelman documents her travel to rain forests, tropical islands, small beach communities with interspersed trips back to the United States.
There is some hardcore bravery that goes into an utterly nomadic lifestyle. Aside from a few encounters including one with a drunken villager, Gelman focuses on the pure joy of immersing herself for weeks to years in cultures and familes.
This truly is a 'how to do it' book for folks seeking inspiration on international travel.
Gelman has several tricks in her back pocket that make her travel easier including being a freelance writer and having strong family support in the states.
In a post covid era, the ability to move in and out of unique areas of the world makes for a uniquely compelling read. Enjoy!
Apparently Rita Golden Gelman has emassed quite a niche following amongst the 50 plus women's community seeking empowerment and enlightenment through very off the beaten path travel.
The book follows Gelman as she travels through Mexico on her first big solo trip as a needed respite from her dissolving marriage. 15 years and 300 pages later, Gelman documents her travel to rain forests, tropical islands, small beach communities with interspersed trips back to the United States.
There is some hardcore bravery that goes into an utterly nomadic lifestyle. Aside from a few encounters including one with a drunken villager, Gelman focuses on the pure joy of immersing herself for weeks to years in cultures and familes.
This truly is a 'how to do it' book for folks seeking inspiration on international travel.
Gelman has several tricks in her back pocket that make her travel easier including being a freelance writer and having strong family support in the states.
In a post covid era, the ability to move in and out of unique areas of the world makes for a uniquely compelling read. Enjoy!
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I loved the initial connection I felt, like when I started Eat, Pray, Love. Powerful emotional connection to these women, even if their books leave me wanting something else.
My book was published in 2001. The audiobook was done in 2014. The audiobook has an epilogue that isn't in my book! I love this new addition and I'm (again) inspired to travel the world! I will def re-read this book again. :)
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Such an amazing story written by a kind, loving and caring woman. She opens one’s eyes and heart on how to be as kind, loving , caring, courageous and compassionate as she is. Rita truly inspires and lights a flame in the soul.
I was really looking forward to this book because I really like hearing about people traveling and female empowerment. I really liked Eat Pray Love and this sounded similar so I picked it up.
While it is interesting to hear about travelling to foreign lands, it was completely ruined by the fact that the author was completely unlikeable and self-absorbed / self-righteous the entire time. After the divorce (that really neither of them tried to work on it seemed like) she just kind of up and leaves everything behind. Forget being able to keep in touch with her children or any of her family for that matter. She is much happier being a "special" outsider everywhere else in the world.
I think what made me really hate this book was that it really advocates the notion that in order to be a free and liberated female, you have to cut off all ties with all your loved ones. I don't believe in that at all and it frustrates me that women feel like they can live the life they want to only if they are alone. As a woman who very much values her own personal relationships, I did not feel in any way inspired or awed by her travels. I just felt sorry for the author because she clearly seems to be searching for peace she has yet to really find.
While it is interesting to hear about travelling to foreign lands, it was completely ruined by the fact that the author was completely unlikeable and self-absorbed / self-righteous the entire time. After the divorce (that really neither of them tried to work on it seemed like) she just kind of up and leaves everything behind. Forget being able to keep in touch with her children or any of her family for that matter. She is much happier being a "special" outsider everywhere else in the world.
I think what made me really hate this book was that it really advocates the notion that in order to be a free and liberated female, you have to cut off all ties with all your loved ones. I don't believe in that at all and it frustrates me that women feel like they can live the life they want to only if they are alone. As a woman who very much values her own personal relationships, I did not feel in any way inspired or awed by her travels. I just felt sorry for the author because she clearly seems to be searching for peace she has yet to really find.
Loved the premise and the first half of book, but then realized it was literally nothing more than tales, like reading someone's diary. I did this, went here, met this person, saw this.....the writing became boring. But again, premise was awesome!
Quite an interesting book. There were a couple instances where the book really showed its age, in comments made about the author's body, or just a blind lack of awareness of the privilege of her position, but generally I enjoyed reading the stories and learning about what travelling in the 90s was like.
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