JONES, ALDEN - The Blind Masseuse a Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia

Madison, Wisconsin: Terrace Books, University Of Wisconsin Press, 2013. Hardcover. 0299295702; Binding is clean, sound and unworn, almost as new. The lower fore corner of three pages are creased, otherwise the Contents are almost as new, with no writing or other entries on the text. DJ is almost as new, with all of the original printed information. ; Copyright 2013, no edition stated. 8-1/2" Tall, VIII + 184pp. Reddish-ora nge cloth, white spine lettering. TRAVEL. "By way of explorations to Costa Rica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Burma, Cambodia, Egypt, and around the world on a ship, Jones chronicles her experience as a yioung American traveler while pondering her role as an outsider in the cultures she temporarily inhabits...Wonderful travel writing, in the line of INNOCENTS ABROAD by Mark Twain. Jones is humorous like Twain without being cynical; she treats all her amazing encounters and strangers with mucho love. Her refreshing humor, young perspective, and informed cultural awareness make this book stand out among travel memoirs. This is a smart and entertaining read. ". Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .