Table of Contents

Pilgrims; Foreign Relations; Ugly Man Turning into the Setting Sun; Norris; Mapping the River; Before the Afterlife; Double Happiness.

About the Author

Kathleen Lee has written for Conde Nast Traveler magazine and her work has appeared in Best American Travel Writing 2000. She lives in Pittsburgh.

Reviews

"Kathleen Lee is one of those rare writers who make travel a tangible metaphor, an exploration both of the body and mind, visceral and spiritual, personal and universal. Her compelling tales of characters who discover who they truly are only when removed from the familiarity of a homeland remind the reader that people are by nature most alien to themselves. I treasure these stories." -- Antonya Nelson, author of Living to Tell and Nobody's Girl.