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Sliced Iguana—Travels in Mexico: Isabella Tree
Published by Penguin / Hamish Hamilton, 2001, 336 pages. If you’re looking for a tourist guide, you won’t find it here. Isabella Tree travelled to Mexico determined to get under the skin of the country, to see beyond what most… Continue reading
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Honeymoon in Purdah—An Iranian Journey: Alison Wearing
Published by Picador / Macmillan, 2000, 336 pages. This book is a mosaic of Iran, made up through portraits of its people. It is perceptive, funny and thoroughly enjoyable. By providing a glimpse into everyday lives, it breaks the stereotypes… Continue reading
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Looking for Transwonderland—Travels in Nigeria: Noo Saro-Wiwa
As a child, Noo Saro-Wiwa used to go to Nigeria for her school holidays. Her father, the Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, had moved his family to the UK so the children could have the best education possible. But he also… Continue reading
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Just a Little Run around the World—5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes: Rosie Swale Pope
Published by HarperTrue, 2009, 336 pages Rosie Swale Pope loses her beloved husband Clive to prostate cancer. In honor of his memory and to raise awareness about early cancer screening she decides to run around the world. The only way… Continue reading
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Travels in a Thin Country—A Journey through Chile: Sara Wheeler
Published by Random House, 1999, 336 pages. I spent three of my happiest years in Chile as a child, and it was the beginning of a long affection for Latin America. My parents and I travelled in the country, going… Continue reading
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Around India in 80 Trains: Monisha Rajesh
Published by Nicholas Brealey, 2017, 288 pages. Looking out of her window on a foggy London day, Monisha Rajesh feels she needs a change. So begins her journey to India. Rajesh’s family had moved back to India from Sheffield in… Continue reading
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A Handful of Honey—Away to the Palm Groves of Morocco and Algeria: Annie Hawes
Published by Pan Publishing, 2008, 418 pages. The book starts unexpectedly with Annie Hawes, an adolescent, imprisoned in a high security prison in Salazar’s Portugal (she never found out why). She was eventually released and deported to the UK. On… Continue reading
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A Fine Romance—Falling in Love with the English Countryside: Susan Branch
Published by Spring Street Publishing, 2017, 272 pages. Susan Branch and her husband Joe always wanted to go back to England, which they both love and hadn’t been back to since 2004. So in 2012, when Susan turned 65, they… Continue reading
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Reading Travel Books by Women
Welcome to this site! Many of the travel books featured in book reviews in the mainstream media tend to be by men, although that is slowly changing. On this site, I will be highlighting travel books written by women (and… Continue reading
Women's Travel Books 