The rules are simple: 1)Be Worldly, 2) No Guilt! 3) Discover the perfect pint of ale. Travelers, like writers, believe in the power of setting. Jen thinks of traveling Europe with fellow Mormon, Jeanne, and an Alaska Native named Bert, as an escape from her conservative upbringing and the pressures of conforming to a religion she does not believe in. The change of setting and culture allows Jen to have a raucous, guilt-free experience with her boisterous, silly, and hilarious friends. The … [Read more...]
A Backpack, a Eurorail Pass and Some Serious Baggage by Jennie Withers @jennie_withers
What inspired you to write your memoir? Two things: 1- I felt like my story, as well the other two main characters' stories, could help someone else. Our setting was a trip through Europe. Travelers, like writers, believe in the power of setting. Before this trip through Europe with my friends Jeanne and Bert, my setting had always been conservative, small town Idaho. I absolutely had to leave that environment and the people insulating me in order to gain perspective of the world and myself. … [Read more...]
A Backpack, a Eurorail Pass and Some Serious Baggage by Jennie Withers @jennie_withers
This book is bargain priced from 11/13/2013 until 08/31/2014 Jen thinks of traveling Europe with fellow Mormon, Jeanne, and a Catholic Eskimo named Bert, as an escape from her conservative upbringing and the pressures of conforming to a religion she does not believe in. But she discovers freedom means more than being worldly, having a guilt free good time and finding the perfect pint of ale. Real freedom for Jen is about telling friends on a night train she was molested by a highly … [Read more...]
