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Wanderlust by Elisabeth Eaves (view source)
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''We took ecstasy and stayed up all night, lolling on the floor like a litter of puppies''
What makes this book different from so many others out there is the narrator. She’s not a middle aged man (see our [[:Category:Travel|Travel page]] page for confirmation that so many are) and she’s not trying to rediscover her youth – her first adventure is when she’s still in her teens and she comes of age out in the world. She travels often alone, and to unconventional places, both of which make her stand out and as other reviewers have said, she is someone I would love to be friends with.
The writing is fluid, the stories languid without being rambling, and the passion evident. If I had one minor criticism it would be regarding the literary quotes which I didn’t feel added to the story, and seemed somehow shoehorned in as if to illustrate how well read she (or the editor) was. But this is a minor niggle, and overall I was left hugely satisfied by the book. I identified with it immensely – not just our shared experiences (au pairing in Europe...heading to places on many people’s no-go lists), but from her general love of, and need to, travel the world. They say you can never go home again, and in some ways it seems that Eaves agrees, but if home is where the heart is, then with a love affair like this she’s truly at home anywhere in the world.