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The Imported Ghanaian: Alba Kunadu Sumprim
Published by Mavrik, 20o6, 288 pages One way to really know a country is through its people. Alba Kunadu Sumprim’s parents are Ghanaian, but she was born and raised in London. She had decided to move back to Ghana, thinking… Continue reading
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The Kama Sutra Diaries—Intimate Journeys through Modern India: Sally Howard
Published by Tranquebar Press / John Murray, 2013, 248 pages This is a travel book with a difference. Sally Howard takes us on a journey through the sexual mores of India, with all the contradictions. The civilization that gave us… Continue reading
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Four Corners—A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea: Kira Salak
Published by National Geographic, 2001, 319 pages This is unlike any travel book by a woman that I’ve read so far. Kira Salak is an adventurer in the real sense of the word—she lets nothing stop her, whether it’s fear… Continue reading
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Stranger on a Train—Daydreaming and Smoking around America with Interruptions: Jenny Diski
Published by Virago / Picador, 2002, 288 pages. This account of two railway journeys Jenny Diski took through the US—a short one, from Georgia to Arizona, and a longer one from New York circling the country—is not a conventional travel… 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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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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