The worrier's guide to the end of the world : love, loss, and other catastrophes through Italy, India, and beyond / Torre DeRoche.
By: DeRoche, Torre [author.]
Language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Seal Press, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: xxi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781580056854 (paperback)Subject(s): DeRoche, Torre -- Travel -- India | DeRoche, Torre -- Travel -- Italy | Vapnitchnaia, Masha -- Travel -- India | Vapnitchnaia, Masha -- Travel -- Italy | Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 | Women travelers -- India -- Biography | Women travelers -- Italy -- Biography | | India -- Description and travel | Italy -- Description and travelDDC classification: 915.404 LOC classification: DS414.2 | .D47 2017Other classification: BIO026000 | TRV010000 Summary: "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 too far. Coming face-to-face with their worst fears, they discover the power of friendship to save us from our darkest moments"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "A lively memoir chronicling the unforgettable friendship of Torre and Masha, two women who join together on an exhilarating, harrowing pilgrimage through India, walking 240 miles in Gandhi's footsteps along the Salt March"-- Provided by publisher.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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 too far. Coming face-to-face with their worst fears, they discover the power of friendship to save us from our darkest moments"-- Provided by publisher.
"A lively memoir chronicling the unforgettable friendship of Torre and Masha, two women who join together on an exhilarating, harrowing pilgrimage through India, walking 240 miles in Gandhi's footsteps along the Salt March"-- Provided by publisher.
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