The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 13

Praise for The Best Women’s Travel Writing series:“In story after story, the refreshing absence of bluster and bravado, coupled with the optimism necessary for bold travel, create a unifying narrative that testifies to the personal value and cultural import of leaving the perceived safety of home and setting out into the wider world.” —The New York Times Book Review“The mix of tones and topics—sorrowful and joyful, the positive side of travel and the negative—reflects the “duality” many travelers face.” —AFAR“In this, its twelfth edition, The Best Women’s Travel Writing proves again that it has found a formula that works.” —Perceptive Travel“The authors here know how to spin a tale.” —Body+Soul“A contemplative break from daily life…a wise and affectionate collection.” —Clarion Reviews

Lavinia Spalding has edited six previous volumes of The Best Women’s Travel Writing. She is also the author of Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler and With a Measure of Grace, the Story and Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant, and she introduced the reissued e-book edition of Edith Wharton’s classic travelogue, A Motor-Flight Through France. Her writing appears in numerous print and online publications, including Sunset, Yoga Journal, San Francisco magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Tin House, and The Best Travel Writing. She lives in New Orleans.