{"product_id":"the-allure-of-elsewhere-a-memoir-of-going-solo-paperback","title":"The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Babine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A truly fascinating and heartwarming travelogue that beautifully points us in bold directions.\"--Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of \u003ci\u003eWorld of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne woman's cross-country journey to explore the hold family history has on our lives, and the power of new stories to shape what lies ahead.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her mid-thirties and happily single, Karen Babine hitches up her tiny Scamp camper and sets out with her two unenthusiastic cats, Galway and Maeve, on a journey from her home in Minnesota to Nova Scotia to explore the place where her French-Acadian ancestors settled in North America some four centuries ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the miles roll by, she wonders: \"Why do we carry this need to belong to an established history? What happens when that can't--or shouldn't--happen?\" The road reveals more questions than answers about her history, identity, and belonging, about the responsibilities of stories and silence, about her life choices as a solo woman, and what it means to be driven by both a strong sense of kinship to a very close-knit family on one hand and a deep desire for independence on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapturing the joy, freedom, and powerful pull of the open road, \u003ci\u003eThe Allure of Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e is about the stories we're told, the stories we tell, and the way those stories make us who we are, often in surprising ways. Intimate, curious, and candid, written with wry wit and warmth, this is a courageous and inspiring memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Babine\u003c\/b\u003e is the two-time Minnesota Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWater and What We Know: Following the Roots of a Northern Life\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eAssay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently an UC Foundation Associate Professor of English at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774909378893,"sku":"9781571311825","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/QYtSZQg6Be9781571311825.webp?v=1763142701","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-allure-of-elsewhere-a-memoir-of-going-solo-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}