One of the book blurbs from our Press states this to be ‘the best travel book’ of the year. No, no, and no – it is far more than a ‘travel book’, it is instead several rich reading hours of travel, history, anthropology and environmental concerns and delights.

We do read of traveling in Orkney (Scotland) where the author was accompanied by her mother, a lady of botanical study, and of the Glades (with some funny education in house-boat handling) and wandering through Greece – a flow of history – and a charming portrait of Belize, an extremely underrated destination for the historical curious.

Constantly throughout the book and, obviously the through the author’s travel, ecological concerns, tinged with modern guilt arise, but never to the level where our admiration and interest are obstructed and always thought provoking.

A delightful read and I will watch the author’s web-site to see if any more “travel books” arise in the future.

Hiestand, Emily, 1947- > Journeys/Poets, American > 20th century > Biography/Voyages And Travels