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  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9780307588012
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $45.00

Female Nomad and Friends

Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around the World




The author of Tales of a Female Nomad brings us a collection of essays from authors and travelers about their connections through food and travel, all inspired by the author's first book.

In 1987, Rita, newly divorced, set out to live her dream. She sold all her possessions and became a nomad. She wrote a book about her ongoing journey and, in 2001, insisted on putting her personal e-mail address in the last chapter—against all advice. It turned out to be a fortuitous decision. She has met thousands of readers, stayed in their homes, and sat around kitchen tables sharing stories and food and laughter.

In this essay collection, Gelman includes her own further adventures, as well as those of writers and readers telling tales of the shared humanity they experienced in their travels. The stories are funny and sad, poignant and tender, familiar and bizarre. They will make you laugh and cry and maybe even send you off on your own adventure. Also included are fabulous international recipes such as vegetarian dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), chiles en nogada (stuffed poblano chiles topped with a white cream sauce with walnuts and a sprinkle of pomegranate seeds), and ho mok (an extraordinary fish-coconut custard from Thailand). Happy reading—and bon appétit, selamat makan, buen provecho!

  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9780307588012
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $45.00

About the author

Rita Golden Gelman

Rita Golden Gelman is an award- winning author of more than 70 children’s books. She has been travelling the world since 1986 and has no permanent address, no possessions except those she carries and she rarely knows where she’ll be six months from now.

Rita says: ‘I’ve been living and loving my nomadic existence since the day in 1986 when, at the age of forty- eight, on the verge of a divorce, I looked around and thought: “There has to be more than one way to do life”. ‘There is.’

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Praise for Female Nomad and Friends

Praise for Tales of a Female Nomad:

  • "Whenever I open an atlas...part of me wants to pack up and hit the road for a year or two. But I doubt I'll ever do it. because I'm too practical. Rita Golden Gelman...didn't let practicalities stop her."--Los Angeles Times
  • "An exuberant homage to wanderlust." --Kirkus Reviews
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