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Best Women's Travel Writing 2011 (2011)

by Lavinia Spalding(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

6613095559 (ISBN13: 9786613095558)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Travelers' Tales Guides

review 1: Should be titled Best Women without Family Travel Writing. It only follows woman who are single or barely married, without children, or, in one, getting away from one's family. Basically, long term, stable (i.e., boring) relationships with men or children were not trendy enough. Come on. Woman can travel with their kids, can travel with their husbands. Being a feminist no longer means 'Just me, me, me. Hear me roar." Women who travel with families are no less women or adventurers. In the end, these were all stories about relationships. Relationships to new loves, old loves, places, new friends, and experiences. How does this preclude relationships with children or stable families? If anything, travel with family is the ultimate harrowing adventure. Not as roman... moretic, but no less difficult or frustrating than the logistics a summit bid. Many of these writers did settle down with families, but they chose stories of their pre-family days, like the good times ended. How about essays that equally emphasize what it's like to travel with family, or what it's like to travel with your long term partner, whether male or female, or what it's like to travel as you get older? This felt more like, see we women can travel just like the big boys. Yeah, well go further than the big boys, write where no one has gone before.
review 2: I had the tremendous good fortune to see several of these women read their short stories in NYC and bought the book. Being a fan of the Best American Travel Writing, I figured a women's only version would be a good addition to my library. I was right. As expected, some stories really resonated and others didn't, but the one undeniable trait they all share is they are incredibly well-written, evocative tales. I'd highly recommend. less

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