About book The Good Girls Guide To Getting Lost (2000)
This book is REALLY GOOD! It is about a college junior who travels to Ireland meets an Australlian girl and then follows her home in Australlia and ventures off on her own in South America. This is the kind of travel memoir I LOVE! It reads a lot like a novel, not bogged down in the historical details of every single place she visits while still mentioning the forign charm each place has.The story is about her struggle with her desire to travel the world and follow American social norms of growing up and getting a big kid job. In many parts of the book I felt as though I was standing there with her expereincing the culture shock, the awe, and the excitement travel brought to her. This book gave me some serious Wanderlust! I breezed through this book - it was easy to read and enjoyable, with good descriptions of places the author went to and her relationships with others. Apparently her travels were inspired by the lack of direction in her life and desire to get to know herself and thus readers should brace themselves for some inevitable big epiphanies. I only wish every 25-year old could have an opportunity to go away for a year to discover themselves...instead of finding work ASAP to start paying off their tuition debt. I thought her relationship with her Australian friend (who seems everything that Rachel is not - unstressed, self-confident, and even a bit reckless) - was a bit competitive and even jealous. At some point it even seemed like Rachel wanted her parents to be more like her Australian friend's. All in all, it was a very good, easy and entertaining read - great for those who enjoy travel biographies.
Do You like book The Good Girls Guide To Getting Lost (2000)?
Was a great book. Its what I wish I had the guts to do. Along with a few other things.
—gab
A fun and breezy read with some moments of quiet, intellectual speculation.
—tad
The exact story of my life. Just different countries :) An enjoyable read.
—starsweetie24
Fun read about a one girl's experience traveling
—katie
