Review: Makes Me Want to Travel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2013
Although I've traveled to Europe, the majority of my life has been exploring the backroads of America. This book took me far beyond those shores! I rapidly found myself getting lost not only in the author's personal story but in the exotic locales in which she lived and traveled.The author has an amazing talent for capturing the essence of place - not an easy task even for seasoned travel writers. For example, I could easily picture the place and time of St.-Paul de Vince:"Crisp, cool and sunny, it was an unremittingly glorious morning. Walking around the narrow, picturesque streets and lane ways, we relished the quietness and calm that pervades every city in the world at the start of a new day. . .  No one was up and about, save the village cats and the fruit and vegetable deliveries for the local restaurants and cafes."Those few lines alone made me want to hop a plane and just go!As to the author's personal story, her amazing strength through many challenges and hardships was handled with a deft hand, not bogging the reader down in breast-beating but rather going quietly through the ups and downs with grace.If you love travel with a mix of personal story, I highly recommend Losing Sight of the Shore.I received a pre-release copy of this book for review purposes.