Bags Out At Seven

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Summary: AuthorZone.Com Book Review
Review: Bags Out at Seven is a fast paced series of 16 chapters recounting some of the adventures and misadventures experienced by Robert Globerman during his days as a 'travel leader.' Globerman was a teacher twice named Teacher of the Year in Ossining, New York. Following his winning a Fulbright Fellowship and Smith Mundt Grant to teach and train teachers in Israel Globerman found he enjoyed travel so much he founded 'Globetrottours, Inc,' a move which was to provide much grist for his future writing.

The book is a tongue-in-cheek autobiographical work in which writer Globerman gives the reader a peek at some of incidents to be expected by the unsuspecting while on tour. Chapter headings include: Debt On The Nile, Cape May or May Not and My Underwear Is All Over The World. Terrible toilets, bus breakdowns, flight problems, all the things that can go wrong on a trip are to be found between the covers of Globerman's book.

The reader will meet some delightful travelers as well as those Globerman might have wished had missed the flight. Chapters: A Few Bumps, Strained Bedfellows, and What Will I Miss will keep the reader giggling even as they ponder whether they really want to schedule a trip for themselves anytime soon!

Bags Out At Seven: A Tale of Too Many Cities is a real page turner from the opening chapter: From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Trips, right down to the last page of chaper 16: And Now? Tis is a fun romp for a lazy afternoon in the hammock or sitting on the porch in a swing during a gentle rain.

-Reviewed by Molly Martin

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Summary: Everyone can relate!
Review: Bags Out at Seven is a true page-turner. Robert Globerman vividly and eloquently puts into words what we all can relate to about traveling with a group of strangers, experiencing the unknown for the first time, and the thrill of seeing the most magnificent sites. It made me laugh, cry, and relive my own travel experiences. It is written with humor, intelligence, and love. I couldn't put it down!

Rating:
Summary: Everyone can relate!
Review: Bags Out at Seven is a true page-turner. Robert Globerman vividly and eloquently puts into words what we all can relate to about traveling with a group of strangers, experiencing the unknown for the first time, and the thrill of seeing the most magnificent sites. It made me laugh, cry, and relive my own travel experiences. It is written with humor, intelligence, and love. I couldn't put it down!

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Summary: Compelling! I wanted to read it again, right away!
Review: When I finished this book, I wanted to start over at the beginning. I just didn't want to let go of it.

Some books are about plot, some about character, but this book is about the human condition and the marvelous voice of the person writing it. This book stays with you after you read it. It's human, it's fun, and it's true. It's based on things that really happened, and you recognize the people in it--what they say, how they act, how they react--because they couldn't be more real.

Reading this book leaves you wishing you could meet the narrator face-to-face and talk in person, because the stranger on page one feels like a friend before you're halfway through, and you don't want the conversation to stop.