"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title."These essays are on the move. Karen Houppert, author of CHASING GIDEON: THE ELUSIVE QUEST FOR POOR PEOPLE'S JUSTICE Revelations abound in this wide-ranging and engrossing journey across continents.” This intimate look at the wanderlust in all of us turns on the question of what strangers-and strange lands-tell us about ourselves. Petersburg to a nude beach in Croatia, from tony Martha’s Vineyard to grungy Trenton. “WHEREABOUTS takes you from the well-heeled in St. Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson, author of LITERATURE ON DEADLINE "Whether sitting in the hut of a Nepalese wise man or navigating the American Thanksgiving dinner table, these writers marvel at the unique and esoteric while teasing out those universal threads-loneliness, love, friendship-that tie us together. But by the time you reach the last page, you’ll be itching to get off the cushions and book yourself a ticket to anywhere.”
“In reading this collection, you can explore the world without having to leave the comfort of your couch. Margot Bigg, author of MOON LIVING ABROAD IN INDIA “Each tale in this brilliantly curated collection deals not only with places and the people that make them, but also with the transformative aspects of travel, inspiring us to take our own daring first steps into the unexplored.”
Jennifer Boyden, author of THE MOUTHS OF GRAZING THINGS and THE DECLARABLE FUTURE Most marvelous is that whether the authors hold crowbars, bouzoukis, or babies, the complex truths of their essays give sturdy shelter to the many foreign selves we harbor.” “The writers of this collection stand as capable and intrepid ‘purveyors of the connections the rest of us don’t see’. “The voices in WHEREABOUTS offer a completely fresh approach to travel and life “out of place.” Compellingly narrative and, at times, dazzlingly lyrical, we hear and feel the uncensored inside stories-both cerebral and sensual-of people settling in or on the move all over our bright world.”
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