The Travels of an Independent Woman
"In man ways, I was an independent woman", writes Alice Steinbach, a single working mother, in this captivating book. "For years I'd made my own choices, paid my own bills, shoveled my own snow, and had relationships that allowed for a lot of freedom on both sides." Slowly, however, she saw that she had become quite dependent in another way. "I had fallen into the habit . . . of defining myself in terms of who I was to other people and what they expected of me."
Who am I, she wanted to know, away from the things that define me - my family, children, job, friends? Steinbach searches for the answer to this provocative question in some of the most exciting places in the world: Paris, where she finds a soulmate in a Japanese man; Oxford, where she takes a course on the English village; Milan, where she befriends a young woman about to be married.
Beautifully illustrated with postcards Steinbach wrote home to herself to preserve her spontaneous impressions, this revealing and witty book will transport readers instantly into a fascinating inner and outer journey, an unforgettable voyage of discovery.
