The Handsomest Man in Cuba

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Summary: Personal and funny travel book
Review: This book was wonderful! I passed it along to a friend. It was personal, funny, exciting, and humble. It wasn't about the political problems, it was about the authors experience and the people she met. It was great, chapters just long enough to read one before you fell asleep, although I couldn't often just read one chapter. Lynette's warmth and personality really came through, I loved the descriptions of the people that she stayed with and the story about getting on a sailboat when she always gets sea sick was priceless!


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Summary: A thinking book
Review: This is not a travel book about Cuba. It is not a book about solo cycling. It is not a book about the adventures of a single woman in a strange country. It is not a book about how to make do with less.

It IS a book about all of the above, and so much more! It IS a book about the realities of life in today's world of unreality. It IS a book to be understood as much as enjoyed. In a time of fast-forward, it is a book to make you pause and think. It's hard to ask more from so few words.

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Summary: witty, charming, intelligent read
Review: This little book is a gem. Lynette writes with a bright, chatty tone that allows you direct access to her experiences on "two little wheels" on the road in Cuba. A must-read for single female adventurers, Cuba-philes, and bike touring fiends alike.

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Summary: Irv Housinger
Review: Travel books are not my usual choice for reading material, but after hearing about some of Lynette's adventures and thumbing through the book, I decided to read it. I'm so glad I did. I could hardly put it down.
It created vivid pictures in my mind and I kept wanting to to give her some advice or mechanical aid.