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Female Nomad And Friends: Tales Of Breaking Free And Breaking Bread Around The World (2010)

by Rita Golden Gelman(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0307588017 (ISBN13: 9780307588012)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Broadway Books

review 1: Not exactly a sequel to “The Female Nomad,” this book is a compilation of ultra-short stories by Rita Gelman and 40 other women with unusual travel stories to tell. Ms. Gelman spends most of her time traveling alone, with no permanent address. She requested that other women travelers send her stories for this volume, using a food theme to unify the stories. Some of the stories are well written, and many are interesting. Some are not that great, but since they’re ultra-short, each one is over in just a few pages.There are recipes scattered throughout the book with some of the stories. Some of them look rather complicated and others don’t exactly relate to the stories that they accompany. A few recipes, like Vietnamese soft spring rolls, mousse au chocolat truffée, ... moreand butternut squash salad from Seychelles, sound good and easy enough to prepare at home. I debated between 3 and 4 stars for this one, because the writing is somewhat uneven. I decided that I really like the unusual format. It’s easy to read a story or two just about any time regardless of how busy the schedule is. I like the variety in travel locations and women’s voices as well. These adventurous tales about not-so-frequently visited places will appeal to just about any female traveler.
review 2: Look, I give up- this was awful. Yes, the profits from this book go to a good cause; yes, travel is exciting; yes, this was still an absolutely horrible book. Some of the stories don't even have anything to do with the themes of travel- how is getting a free ice cream from Trader Joe's anything but a free advertisement for Trader Joe's? How is tutoring a kid in Harlem a story of travel? The stories were occasionally interesting, but more often than not boring or borderline offensive to natives. I just know I hate stories about different cultures where there's a "lesson" to be learned, and it usually is something like: "And then I realized, we're really not so different," or "These people have so little, yet they are so happy," or "I feel so lucky for my bourgeois or affluent lifestyle that allows me to visit these impoverished countries and feel guilt." It's offensive to me. less

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