Title: Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman
Author: Alice Steinbach
Pages: 295
Genre: Non-fiction, Travel
I read a LOT of travel books, but this one fell flat with me. I didn't care for the author as a person and couldn't relate to her at all. Ended up skimming through it fast and moving on.
BLURB: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steinbach took an extended leave from her newspaper job to travel around Europe in search of spontaneity. She started off in Paris, where she got romantically involved with a Japanese man and shopped; moved on to London, where she shopped some more; took a course at Oxford University; and headed to Italy, where she wandered through Milan, Venice, Rome, and the Tuscan countryside--and shopped a bit more. Chapters begin with postcards sent to Alice from Alice, each with a bit of advice or a lesson learned. Her mental journey through the past and present and the reassessment of her life, rather than descriptions of the places visited or the people met, are at the heart of the narrative.
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