The worrier's guide to the end of the world

love, loss, and other catastrophes through Italy, India, and beyond

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Torre DeRoche: The worrier's guide to the end of the world (2017)

259 pages

English language

Published Jan. 26, 2017

ISBN:
978-1-58005-685-4
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OCLC Number:
968771598

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"A funny and heartwarming story of one woman's attempt to walk off a lifetime of fear--with a soulmate, bad shoes, and lots of wine. Torre DeRoche is at rock bottom following a breakup and her father's death when she crosses paths with the goofy and spirited Masha, who is pusuing her dream of walking the world. When Masha invites Torre to join her pilgrimage through Tuscany--drinking wine, foraging wild berries, and twirling on hillsides--Torre straps on a pair of flimsy street shoes and gets rambling. But the magical hills of Italy are nothing like the dusty and merciless roads of India where the pair wind up, provising a pilgrimage in the footsteps of Gandhi along his march to the seaside. Hoping to catch the nobleman's fearlessless by osmosis and end the journey as wise, svelte, and kick-ass warriors, they are instead unravelled by worry that this might be one adventure …

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Subjects

  • Travel
  • Women travelers
  • Biography
  • Description and travel

Places

  • India
  • Italy