I previously read Rita Golden Gelman's "Tales of a Female Nomad". I found that to be an outstanding read. Her new book "Female Nomad and Friends" is a book of short travel stories "Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around the World". Many of the short stories were accompanied by a reci...
Some of the reviews on here for this book are a little harsh. It makes me wonder if jealousy was a factor in some of the reviews--and if some of the reviewers would have been less harsh if the author had been a man. But then again, this book couldn't have been written by a man, because the whole ...
Every civilized sound is offensive. Garbage trucks grinding their refuse replace gibbons calling out their morning songs. Horns honk where only hours ago cicadas were buzzing. And people screaming at each other have replaced the gentle sound of the soft-spoken Indonesians. A part of me wonders if...