num_pages: 282
description: Eight years ago, Alice Steinbach, a Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist for the Baltimore Sun , decided to take a break from her life. She took a leave from job, friends, and family for a European journey of self-discovery, and her first book, Without Reservations , was the exquisite result.But once Steinbach had opened the door to a new way of living, she found herself unwilling to return to the old routine. She quit her job and left home again, only this time her objective was to ?nd a way that would allow her, personally and professionally, to combine three of her greatest learning, traveling, and writing.This funny and tender book is the result of her decision to roam around the world as an informal student, taking lessons and courses in such things as French cooking in Paris, Border collie training in Scotland, traditional Japanese arts in Kyoto, architecture and art in Havana. With warmth and wit, Steinbach guides us through the pleasures and perils of discovering how to be a student again. Along the way, she also learns the true value of this second chance at educating the opportunity to connect with and learn from the people she meets on her journey.
language: English
title: Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman
titlecomplete: Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman
genres: France, Biography Memoir, Memoir, Travel, Nonfiction, Japan, Scotland, Adventure, Writing, Biography
ratings_count: 2275
publisher: Random House