Ebook Alone Together Tales of Sisterhood and Solitude in Latin America Karen Attman Victoria Kellaway Emma Newbery 9789585626218 Books

Product details Paperback 254 pages Publisher Bogota International Press (November 19, 2017) Language English ISBN-10 9585626217

Alone Together Tales of Sisterhood and Solitude in Latin America Karen Attman Victoria Kellaway Emma Newbery 9789585626218 Books Reviews

• If you’re a woman longing for something greater from life, this collection of stories and essays is filled with courage, inspiration and camaraderie. The thing is, this book isn’t just about women traveling alone in Latin America, it’s about testing boundaries that everyone warns us not to cross.
  
  We’ve all had loved ones foment our fears, like the voices in Elizabeth O’Donnell’s, “Breaking in the Shoes of a Braver Woman,” but we find as we read on that nothing is as frightening or impossible as it seems from the outside. Stories like “Down the Napo River,” and “Day One Hundred and Twenty-Two” lift a curtain and reveal the glimmering mysteries to be discovered on a solo journey. First-hand accounts such “Journalist Don’t Shoot” and “Gunfire at Night” confront harsh realities and demonstrate how to stand strong in the face of danger, while “Witness to a Crime” provides in depth social reflection. Each tale has its own significant brand of wisdom learned through experience, and the collection is brought to a poetic close by Megan Bennay who reminds us all why traveling alone is the greatest gift you can give yourself.
  
  After 8 years living in Colombia and raising my family here, the adventures shared by these incredible women remind me to step outside my comfort zone and embrace the possibilities that are waiting beyond the mountainous horizon of my home in Bogotá. I am profoundly grateful for the these women who speak up and share their vision of this gorgeous continent.
• Love this book! A must for all women considering traveling alone in Latin America or anywhere. Very reassuring that we women can do anything! My niece is also one of the writers in this book. Look for Caitlin Furio's story, as she's one amazing young woman. I bought three, one for me and two for gifts. I bought this because of Caitlin, but have enjoyed every story short story I've read thus far.
• Great concept, but the quality of the writing is uneven, probably because many of the contributors aren't professional writers or native English speakers. It's good to have diverse voices, but I think the writing suffered as a result. It also bothered me that some of the women took unnecessarily foolish risks like hitchhiking alone or taking an overnight bus in an area known for robberies... not really great role models for other women traveling solo in Latin America. However, there are some gems in this collection like the story of the young woman cared for by strangers when she became ill in Cuba.
• Excellent collection of writings...inspiring and heart-felt.
• I enjoyed the variety of travel stories of women who found that solo traveling led them to deeper understanding of the culture in which they found them and, more importantly, an expanded self understanding.
• I enjoyed reading this book so much, I recommend it if you love to travel, you will learn a lot about travel solo as a women.
• I loved the book.what a bunch of fascinating story’s .
• Great read! This book captures much of what I love best about traveling- the interesting people, places and situations you find along the way. The stories alternatingly serve as inspiration and cautionary tale, giving me even more admiration for this assembly of impressive women who travel, not because they are without fear, but because they refuse to be limited by it. Many of the people and places they describe will happily stay with me for a long time.