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Armchair Travel August 2017
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| Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios by Holly FitzGeraldAn extended honeymoon traveling around the world is a dream that turns into a nightmare for Holly FitzGerald and her new husband when their plane crashes in a South American jungle in 1973. They survive, but are stuck in a remote town near a penal colony with no way out for months. Told they can easily float down the Madre de Dios river to civilization, they retrofit a raft and set out. All goes well...until a storm puts them off course, stalling the couple in swampy, piranha-infested waters. Peppered with hard-won insights about life and love, this harrowing survival tale is unputdownable. |
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| Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, Love, and Survival by Jeffrey GettlemanBefore he was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jeffrey Gettleman was a 19-year-old who fell in love with Africa. In his adventure-laden (hanging out in war zones, being kidnapped, etc.) memoir, he explores his undying affection for this complex continent, documents his career (including local reporting in Florida and war reporting in various countries), and traces his relationship with a fellow student who becomes his coworker and wife (though there were most definitely bumps along the way). If you want to understand either Africa or journalism better, this engrossing book is a must-read. |
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Eating Korea : reports on a culinary renaissance
by Graham Holliday
Examines traditional South Korean food, revealing that the quickly developing country is struggling with whether to shed or embrace its culinary roots and taking readers on a tour through the culture and cuisines of the country.
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Living in Another Language
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In other words
by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Unaccustomed Earth" traces her enduring love affair with the Italian language that prompted her family's move to Rome, where her efforts to master the language as a writer shaped her feelings of belonging and exile.
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| When in French: Love in a Second Language by Lauren CollinsAn American in London fell in love with a Frenchman and moved to Geneva, Switzerland. Once there, she decided to learn French; not only did she want to be able to buy things on her own, but she wanted to become closer to her new husband and, when the time came, not be "a Borat of a mother." Chronicling her amusing adventures overseas and her attempts to communicate in a new tongue, talented New Yorker writer Lauren Collins serves up a funny, romantic, intelligent memoir, which provides "a thoughtful, beautifully written meditation on the art of language and intimacy" (The New York Times). |
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Living in a foreign language : a memoir of food, wine, and love in Italy
by Michael Tucker
The veteran actor recalls how he and his wife, actress Jill Eikenberry, purchased a small cottage in rural Umbria and found a home in the heart of Italy, sharing the couple's efforts to understand the nuances of Italian culture, build a new life for themselves now that their children are grown, and enjoy good food, wine, and the joys of the Italian countryside.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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San Mateo Public Library 55 West 3rd Avenue San Mateo, California 94402 (650) 522-7802www.smplibrary.org |
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