Pros & Cons
Pros
Alice steinbach takes a sabbatical from her job to travel. Steinbach travels the world, raising her two sons and reinventing herself.
Alice steinbach is in her 50s, divorced, and has two grown sons. Steinbach has no small amount of anxiety at the start of the trip as the enormity of what she’s doing sinks in. She meets a larger-than-life australian psychoanalyst and a tweeded spinst... Read More
Cons
A previous reviewer is right - the title of the book is utterly misleading. The book, however, is a sad disappointment.
Alice steinbach has neither the wit nor wisdom to entertain or instruct. Her observations about life are mere platitudes. Her postcards to herself quickly become trite and embarrassing.
The writer lacks any descriptive renderings other than the travel book tittle that any reader could find in eyewitness travel guidebooks. The author mulls over her own life experiences instead of painting images of the world she is meant to be explori... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Very descriptive book and felt like i was travel with the author
Interesting different honest about the advantages and drawbacks of traveling alone
Competitiveness
Or at least they weren’t as well integrated into the narrative
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Lovely strap but wrong color
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Light on detail heavy on emotion a combination of reality and fantasy
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You will notice the lack of technology especially as it relates to maps but thats about it
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At the present moment there is a fair number of travel narratives being published but most are by younger 20something people who are traveling at the earlier stages of their lives
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Ive always traveled with a companion not bold enough to go about on my own
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I’m not sure how i found out about this book
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Only that the moment i did i ordered a copy and i started reading it as soon as it arrived
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For as much traveling as i do i’ve never taken a solo trip