{"id":8889,"date":"2010-10-19T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=8889"},"modified":"2010-10-16T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2010-10-16T18:32:18","slug":"all-over-the-map-by-laura-fraser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/all-over-the-map-by-laura-fraser\/","title":{"rendered":"All Over the Map by Laura Fraser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2255175\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8973\" title=\"all over the map2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/all-over-the-map2.jpg?resize=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/all-over-the-map2.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/all-over-the-map2.jpg?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>Following her memoir, <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|448499\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>An Italian Affair<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, travel writer Laura Fraser\u00a0shares an intimate peek into her private life, which includes traveling to exotic places and interviewing\u00a0eccentric personalities in <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2255175\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>All Over the Map<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On one hand, I was at once envious, wishing I had the means to travel, seemingly at whim, to such intriguing locals (Italy, Provence,\u00a0Peru, Samoa, etc.) but on the other hand, sympathetic to what dangers she may have faced (Rwanda) and to what her career and lifestyle choices have forced her to forego &#8212; a lasting marriage and children of her own.<\/p>\n<p>She is open\u00a0about her love affairs, poignantly honest about an assault in the South Pacific,\u00a0and appreciative of her large network of friends.\u00a0 In all, the book achieves the desired result and illustrates why she is successful in her field &#8212; readers may have seen her work\u00a0featured in <em>O<strong>, <\/strong>the<\/em> <em>Oprah Magazine, Gourmet<\/em>, and many other publications.\u00a0 Those who enjoyed Elizabeth Gilbert&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1018105\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Eat, Pray, Love<\/em><\/strong><\/a> will also enjoy this;\u00a0plus it&#8217;s also an excellent example of how a non-fiction work can\u00a0read like fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following her memoir, An Italian Affair, travel writer Laura Fraser\u00a0shares an intimate peek into her private life, which includes traveling to exotic places and interviewing\u00a0eccentric personalities in All Over the Map. 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