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| Original Title: | Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World |
| ISBN: | 0609809547 (ISBN13: 9780609809549) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Mexico Guatemala Nicaragua …more Israel Galápagos Islands(Ecuador) Indonesia Canada New Zealand Thailand …less |
Rita Golden Gelman
Paperback | Pages: 312 pages Rating: 3.86 | 13975 Users | 1322 Reviews
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“I move throughout the world without a plan, guided by instinct, connecting through trust, and constantly watching for serendipitous opportunities.” —From the Preface Tales of a Female Nomad is the story of Rita Golden Gelman, an ordinary woman who is living an extraordinary existence. At the age of forty-eight, on the verge of a divorce, Rita left an elegant life in L.A. to follow her dream of connecting with people in cultures all over the world. In 1986 she sold her possessions and became a nomad, living in a Zapotec village in Mexico, sleeping with sea lions on the Galapagos Islands, and residing everywhere from thatched huts to regal palaces. She has observed orangutans in the rain forest of Borneo, visited trance healers and dens of black magic, and cooked with women on fires all over the world. Rita’s example encourages us all to dust off our dreams and rediscover the joy, the exuberance, and the hidden spirit that so many of us bury when we become adults.
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| Title | : | Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World |
| Author | : | Rita Golden Gelman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 312 pages |
| Published | : | May 28th 2002 by Broadway Books (first published May 22nd 2001) |
| Categories | : | Travel. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Adventure. Biography Memoir |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 13975 Users | 1322 ReviewsCriticize Epithetical Books Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World
At the age of forty, Rita Golden Gelman has something of an epiphany. She no longer wants to live the life of luxury that she has been - fancy dinner parties, awards ceremonies, etc. She decides it's never what she wanted in the first place. She begins to pursue a degree in anthropology, which begins to put a strain on an already not so stable marriage.At the end of the program, she has to go live in a community for awhile, and she and her husband decide to take a two month break while she doesI have read many of the other reviews of this book, and I guess I must have missed many of the things that other reviewers mentioned. Yes, this book is written about her, but that's the point...it is about her and her travels. I have read and re-read this book, and every time I finish it, I say "Man, I envy her her courage". And my husband points out that I say that every single time I finish this book. Through Rita, I got to peek behind the curtains, so to speak. I met people I otherwise
This is one of those memoirs that is all about ME. I did this, and then I did that, and then I did this. And that might be okay, if not for the fact that everyone is Gelman's book is infinitely more interesting than she. It's like being stuck on a tour bus with a chatty guide who is more interested in telling you about her experiences than anything you're seeing. Meanwhile, all the sights go streaming by.Gelman is the ultimate unreliable narrator -- she's kind of pushy, obnoxious, and
I read this the year I was commuting to my job at a chocolate shop, so 2001 I guess. I ended up buying it again along the way to read again. A light book about self-discovery through travel.
This book is about friendship, about people of completely different cultures and how simple it really is for friendship to grow between all of us. In the author's words:"Communication is not difficult because we all share the sensations of human emotions, the need to affirm our sameness and the universal capacity to laugh."I highly recommend this book. Its message is wonderful. The stories told are very interesting.
Im a sucker for a travel book. Especially when it takes me on adventures I wouldnt dare do on my own, much less with a guide. From the first pages of Tales of a Female Nomad, I was drawn in. The author, Rita Golden Gelman, began the journey with the end of her marriage. Newly free, she embarks on a round the world trip with the goal of immersing herself in different cultures and making new, international friends.Almost immediately, I am fascinated by her trip to a Zapotec Village in Mexico. How
putting this on a "good"reads list actually makes me cringe a little bit. i picked this book up because i had a hard time finding books about indonesia (fiction) online, and this came up in my search. it was touted (by one reader) as the predecessor to "eat, pray, love". well, there's a reason Eat, Pray, Love made it big and this one not so much. the author means well but her writing was choppy. you can tell that she's used to writing for kids. "they do this. i am flattered." chop chop chop.
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