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Armchair Travel

Great Novels to Take You Away

	Backpack by Emily Barr	On the heels of a nasty breakup and her mother’s death, Tansy Harris sets out on a trek across Asia, discovering herself in the process.
	World Elsewhere by Peter Brooks	Based on the travelogues of actual historic figures, this novel brings to life the exotic adventures of a Parisian aristocrat visiting 18th century Tahiti.
	The Salt Letters by Christine Balint	A 19th century English woman braves passage to Australia to begin a new life.

Shelterbelt	by Tricia Bauer	A pregnant teenager leaves her troubled Nebraska roots in search of a better life. Her travels to Connecticut, Chicago and San Francisco bring her closer to self-discovery and to her family.
Franklin Flyer: A Novel	by Nicholas Christopher	An American inventor travels the globe, thwarts Nazi plots and meets famous personages in this quirky historical novel.
Night Letters	by Robert Dessaix	A dying Australian man chronicles his travels through Switzerland, Venice and Vicenza, sharing insights about the world and the people he meets.
Wanderlust	by Chris Dyer	A travel writer finds love and misadventure while globetrotting on assignment for a New York newspaper.
Losing Gemma	by Katy Gardner	Only one woman returns when two friends set out on backpacking trip across India.
The Beach	by Alex Garland	A young traveler finds and follows a crude map to a remote, island beach in search of paradise. He finds more than he bargained for.
Where the Road Goes	by Joanne Greenberg	Through letters addressed to her family in Colorado, a woman describes her environmental activist group's walk across America.
Paradise News	by David Lodge	A former priest, traveling to Hawaii to visit his ailing sister, encounters madness and mayhem along the way.
Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots	by Jim Paul	A lonely man regrets coaxing his ill-behaved parrot out the window and journeys from fog-shrouded Telegraph Hill to the sultry mangrove swamps of Ecuador to find him.
Renato's Luck	by Jeff Shapiro	Fed up with his lackluster life, a non-religious Tuscan man sets out for the Vatican to shake hands with the Pope in hope of changing his luck and improving the fortunes of his townsfolk.
Only in London	by Hanan Al-Shaykh	Four Arab travelers meet on a plane bound for London.
Hill Towns: a novel	by Ann Rivers Siddons	An agoraphobic American woman leaves her hilltop town to find adventure, romance and a renewed sense of her life and relationships on a tour of Italy.
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