{"product_id":"the-best-womens-travel-writing-volume-13-true-stories-from-around-the-world-9781609522179","title":"The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 13: True Stories from Around the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eIncludes New York Times bestselling authors Roxane Gay, Ann Hood, Marcia DeSanctis, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Orlean\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe newest collection in this award-winning series from Travelers' Tales invites you to join twenty-seven inspiring and thoughtful writers as they traverse the planet, crisscrossing all seven continents and exploring the ways travel can illuminate, heal, inform, and transform a life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays probe themes as diverse as the locations, immersing us in experiences of kindness, adventure, nature, friendship, strength, marriage, motherhood, spirituality, the environment, belonging, healing, history, identity, romance, and resilience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis beautiful and far-ranging collection helps us celebrate an appreciation for other cultures while proving that travel can be a profound gateway to connection, self-awareness, and an expanded worldview. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Lavinia Spalding writes in her introduction, \"In times of turmoil and despair, it becomes more vital to pay attention to how much there is live for, and travel for, and stand up for, and the stories in this volume shine light on this.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 13\u003c\/i\u003e, you will: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmbrace contradictions on the late-night tango floors of Argentina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSplash toward a sexual awakening in the depths of a French swimming pool \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHike the ups and downs of an active volcano and a marriage in Sicily\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn to surf and face cultural stereotypes in Hawaii \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExperience a different relationship with grief during Day of the Dead in Mexico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncover the nuances of hair braiding in Nigeria and Morocco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore the joys and challenges of motherhood in Qatar's singing sand dunes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e...and much more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lavinia Spalding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Travelers' Tales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609522179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLavinia Spalding\u003c\/b\u003e has edited six previous volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Women's Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWriting Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWith a Measure of Grace, the Story and Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant\u003c\/i\u003e, and she introduced the reissued e-book edition of Edith Wharton's classic travelogue, \u003ci\u003eA Motor-Flight Through France\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing appears in numerous print and online publications, including \u003ci\u003eSunset, Yoga Journal, San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle, Tin House, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New Orleans.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Lavinia Spalding \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48449346568349,"sku":"9781609522179","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f9396604-f922-40bf-85dd-760f92fe76ca.jpg?v=1781632647","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-best-womens-travel-writing-volume-13-true-stories-from-around-the-world-9781609522179","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}