More Spaghetti, I Say! by Rita Golden Gelman

As a nomad, Rita has no permanent address. Melinda Blanchard, co-author of A Trip to the Beach About the Author Rita Golden Gelman is the author of more than seventy childrens books, including Inside Nicaragua, which was one of the ALAs Best Young Adult Books of 1988, and More Spaghetti, I Say!, a staple in every first grade classroom. An inspirational story, particularly for anyone considering a major lifestyle change.

Lobrano, European correspondent, Gourmet, and author of Frommers Irreverent Guide to Paris Rita Gelman takes us on a journey filled with cultural interactions and human observations. Like all of the best travel writing, Rita Golden Gelmans wanderings are likely to provoke powerful self-examination, which could easily catalyze your own wanderlust and curiosity. Kirkus Reviews This is a courageous, gentle, fascinating book, but be forewarned its no idle armchair read. Chicago Tribune An exuberant homage to wanderlust. Los Angeles Times Tales of a Female Nomad follows Gelman from fragility to self-confidence as she traverses the globe. But I doubt Ill ever do it, because Im too practical. part of me wants to pack up and hit the road for a year or two.

Ritas example encourages us all to dust off our dreams and rediscover the joy, the exuberance, and the hidden spirit that so many of us bury when we be adults. She has observed orangutans in the rain forest of Borneo, visited trance healers and dens of black magic, and cooked with women on fires all over the world. In 1986, Rita sold her possessions and became a nomad, living in a Zapotec village in Mexico, sleeping with sea lions on the Galapagos Islands, and residing everywhere from thatched huts to regal palaces. to follow her dream of travelling the world, connecting with people in cultures all over the globe. Booklist At the age of forty-eight, on the verge of a divorce, Rita Golden Gelman left an elegant life in L.A. Gelman doesnt just observe the cultures she visits, she participates in them, bing emotionally involved in the peoples lives. Book Synopsis The true story of an ordinary woman living an extraordinary existence all over the world. About the Book Now in paperback, this memoir with a cult following shows how Gelman redesigned her life to fit her dreams and discovered the value of trust, the rewards of risk, and the magic of serendipity as a modern-day nomad.

More Spaghetti, I Say! by Rita Golden Gelman