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Summary: Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World
Review: I enjoyed Rita's book and await the next installment. Where will she go next? Who will she meet? How will she bond? This is an interesting, compelling, and enlightening read. I have been purchasing extra copies for all my friends! Enjoy!
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Summary: Pack up your inhibitions (not necessarily all of your stuff)
Review: While Rita herself acknowledges that this nomadic existence is not a lifestyle for everyone, the lesson to be learned here is that each of us has a dream to awaken inside of us. And when we're open and receptive to life and all that it has to offer, we might just stir that dream into reality!
I am thrilled that Rita will be stoping through our town during her North American tour and would encourage others to not only read this book...
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Summary: She's Living My Dream!
Review: I love this woman! She is irreverant, funny, and unpredictable! I am trying to read this slow so that I can savor every page. Read it if you have any sense of adventure in your soul.
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Summary: Rita is an Un-met Friend
Review: Couldn't put this book down! Rita's flowing writing style - set in the present tense - makes you feel like you are right there with her. Her honesty and personal anecdotes and her ability to connect with people are encouraging and inspiring. What's next for Rita? and for me?
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Summary: Travel adventure that balances life lessons
Review: When Gelman starts her book, it seems her stories are matter of fact, yet they quickly escalate into adventures which contain that quality that all seekers look for--life lessons and wisdom gleaned through travel. The people Gelman meets, and interacts with reinforce the realization that so many of us lack, that we are all people trying to live a life on this wonderful planet. What brings us together is our humanism, and Gelman's willingness to learn the language of each culture helps her explore this most important fact with each journey. I coudl not put the book down, every chapter was a delightful transportation into the "one world" that we all inhabit, and the perspective of a woman in this instance made it that much more enjoyable.
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Summary: Get to know a Terrific person!
Review: My library was Very fortunate to have Rita Golden Gelman visit. Tales of a Female Nomad is terrific, a "sit down and read, forget about everything else" type, it tells about picking up your life and moving on independently, living out your life's dreams, exotic locales for the armchair traveler, first-hand information from countries where the mass media viewpoint doesn't necessarily give a complete picture -- definitely a book to remember for many on your holiday shopping list. And Rita is a fascinating, interesting lady .. an absolute pearl to meet in person! Enjoy reading the book and then contact her! You may be able to arrange a visit so more people can enjoy her and her book.
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Summary: An ordinary woman, an extraordinary tale
Review: Three weeks after reading Female Nomad, Rita Golden Gelman won't let go of my hand. She grabbed it on the first page when she said that fifteen years ago she was looking for a new way to live. Her old way had been the standard American dream: a happy marriage, motherhood, a career as a best-selling author of children's books. But when her kids went off to college and the marriage began to disintegrate, she didn't take the usual route of trying to replace what she had lost. Instead, this middle-aged veteran of The Good Life sold everything she owned, packed her essentials in a backpack, and set off for places unknown. In the years since, her physical journey has taken her to developing countries from Guatamala to Bali, where she lives in the homes of natives. Like other vivid travelogues, the author focuses mainly upon interactions with people, not scenery. But her real forte is the ability to speak warmly and directly to the reader about her inner journey. She has traveled from a place in her soul where it was all but impossible to eat dinner alone in a restaurant to a place where she's completely at home at an elaborate Balinese cremation ceremony. She's the most vulnerable Odysseus you've ever met, but she's nobody's fool. She doesn't preen, and she doesn't preach. It's reassuring that she still can't stick to a diet or workout schedule, because that means the rest of us have no excuses. If Rita Golden Gelman can go out there and find a new way of being and living in middle age, so can we all.
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Summary: RUN TO THE BOOKSTORE, RUN TO THE BOOKSTORE.
Review: I loved this book, and I'm not alone. I picked this book for our book club, and everyone loved it. I was in awe of the author for her courage, stamina, and her basic love of humans. Rita Gelman will take you along on her amazing adventures.You will travel to Mexico,Guatemala, Nicaragua, Israel, Galapagos Islands, Indonesia,New Zealand, Thailand and the United States. You become part of the adventure with each chapter. You will be surprised, you will laugh, you will cry, and you will admire and be astounded that this woman could do this on her own. I hope every man and woman can read this book to not only learn about other cultures, but to reach inside their souls to make this world a better place.
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Summary: Content: A Style: C-
Review: While I agree with other reviewers that this book is inspiring as an example of a woman who dared to "live at large in the world", I really must add that the painfully simplistic writing style has almost forced me to put this book down. I find myself wishing that she had done more research in between travels and included more interesting information such as the politics or history of the places she visits. By not adding this depth to the book, it reads like an unedited version of a personal journal. After the third mention of "becoming one" with the people she visits, and the innumerable sentences with simple phrasing such as "I liked my new neighborhood", I couldn't help but conclude that the author needed to be reminded to "show, not tell". Read this book for the facts, not for the beauty.
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Summary: Buy This Book
Review: If you have read this far, you are probably contemplating buying this book for yourself or for someone else. Do it. You won't be sorry.The author's experiences are delicious: just the sort of thing we travel readers love to savor. What makes them special is the writer. A middle aged American Mom, not an Extreme Adventurer, moving in with Irian Jaya natives or being stopped by Nicaraguan rebels ... who wouldn't fantasize him/herself in those shoes? And isn't that why we read about travel, after all? The author has a light, deft touch. She is at her best in describing the people and food she encounters. And she does have a way of enabling those encounters, although she would tell us she is merely being open to them. You'll be charmed, delighted, reflective, and envious in reading this. A terrific self-discovery through travel book.
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