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| Editor: Jennifer Leo |
Travel isn't always what we dream it will be, but
oh... the stories that follow! For the 29 women in
this book, packing a sense of humor was essential to
the success of their trips. From Australia to Zambia,
Thailand to Kuwait, the true stories in Sand
in My Bra will not only have you shaking your
head in disbelief, they'll induce smiles, groans, cackles,
and guffaws.
- Lose your panties on a city street in Abu Dhabi
with Christie Eckardt
- Dodge beer bottles and punches with Alison Wright
as she serves up brew at a wild pub in Australia
- Enjoy the nutty nitty-gritty of Burning Man in
the Nevada desert with Christine Nielsen
- Feel the delicious freedom to be fat in Tahiti
with Sandra Tsing Loh
- Turn beet red with Kate Crawford in Paris, locked
out of her boyfriend's apartment in a t-shirt and
nothing more
- Toss your cookies with Deborah Bear as she tests
alternative seasickness remedies on a Pacific voyage
- Peer into the wacky world of Bangkok's sex shows
with Jennifer Leo
- Experience the silly side of the fear of flying
with Ellen Degeneres
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From Publishers Weekly
Travel writer Leo has collected 28 short and snappy
travel stories bursting with exuberant candor and
crackling humor sure to leave readers feeling that
to not have an adventure to remember is great loss
indeed. Many of these bite-size reminiscences chronicle
personal ordeals endured in places with unfamiliar
amenities, languages and/or cultures. For example,
Christie Eckhardt's elastically challenged underwear
falls down in a Muslim country; Kathleen Meyer (How
to Shit in the Woods) writes about-what else?-"this
subject... which seems to be overwhelmingly mine";
and Anne Lamott is jealous of younger backsides on
the beach. The gems of the bunch are Nancy Bartlett's "Panic,
in Any Other Language," describing an embarrassing
incident in an opulent Italian swimsuit boutique;
Christine Michaud's "Chador Etiquette," on
her well-intentioned but disastrous attempt to wear
a chador (a large black cloak and head covering)
to a Kuwait shopping mall; and Christine Nielsen's
title story, which manages, completely by her description
of participating in it, to endear readers to the
annual Burning Man project in the Nevada desert,
a "crazy celebration of life's diversity and
creativity." Some of the stories are on the
lengthy side, but as a whole, the anthology will
definitely light a fire under, as the dedication
states, "all the women who sit at home or behind
their desks bitching that they never get to go anywhere."
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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$14.95 (softcover)
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