Name: All Over the Map
ISBN: 9780307450630

Laura Fraser

The author of Losing It recounts her arrival in the South Pacific, where she struggles with her life on the go and perceptions of family life before embarking on a search for love in a variety of exotic locations.

All Over the Map

Ember Skies

If you've ever wished you could hop a plane to escape your worries (but are too fiscally responsible to throw down the cash), Fraser's globe trotting can help ease your armchair wanderlust. Hers is the tale of an independent 40-something woman trying to understand herself and how her life has come to be centered mostly around her love of travel (which she's fortunate to make a living doing, as a magazine writer) and lacking the husband and children whose absence she notes her 10 year-old self would find difficult to understand. 

Fraser learns some hard lessons both abroad and at home about love, life and acceptance, revisiting past loves - both romantic partners and places from as long ago as childhood - and recalibrating her values in the pursuit of a more satisfying life. Told with graceful vulnerability, Fraser lays many truths out on the page, and explores some tender issues likely to be familiar to women of all ages. Her self-awareness throughout the span of the book's seven-year timeline is inspiring and heartening to read. A great read for those who love to travel, and those who prefer the comforts of home but appreciate a good adventure.