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Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road

by Jennifer L. Leo (Editor)

Other authors: Nancy Bartlett (Contributor), E. Jean Carroll (Contributor), Deborah Chaney (Contributor), Jennifer Colvin (Contributor), Kate Crawford (Contributor)18 more, Christie Eckardt (Contributor), Laurie Gough (Contributor), Joanne Hornak (Contributor), Jennifer L. Leo (Contributor), Jessica Maxwell (Introduction), Lori Mayfield (Contributor), Kathleen Meyer (Contributor), Christine Michaud (Contributor), Christine Nielsen (Contributor), Colette O'Connor (Contributor), Michele Peterson (Contributor), Lesley Quinn (Contributor), Suzanne Schlosberg (Contributor), Germaine W. Shames (Contributor), Kelly Simon (Contributor), Annalisa Valentine (Contributor), Alison Wright (Contributor), Karla Zimmerman (Contributor)

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Travel isn't always what we dream it will be, but...oh the stories that follow! For the 25 women in this book who packed their sense of humor as they traveled from Alaska to Zanzibar, the journey brought tales of misadventure that their children and grandchildren, and readers of this book, will never forget. Smile, chuckle, and laugh out loud to the candid and comical accounts of these memorable trips. Brigid Kelso gets bitten and beaten by a healer possessed by a goddess in Kathmandu in "Llamo Dolkar" "Fifteen Minutes Can Last Forever" when JoAnn Hornak is being chased by a herd of fifty African elephants Ellen Degeneres's fear of flying comes out in ripe language shocking the nun in the next seat in "The Plane Truth" "Herbal Girl" Deborah Bear tests the strength of ginger when sea sickness overcomes her on a not-so-idyllic voyage Sandra Tsing Loh vacations in "Tahiti!" where she finds the freedom to be fat "A Prude in Patpong," Jennifer Leo discovers the outrageous world of Bangkok's sex shows Cooking up a "Rainbow Special" in Guatemala, Cara Tabachnick inadvertantly poisons her new friends with explosive and hilarious results… (more)
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Meh. Most of it is not, or just barely, humorous. Which would have been fine, if it had not been presented as a humorous book. ( )
  Nicole_VanK | Jan 5, 2019 |
HILARIOUS short stories and excerpts. If you think it might go wrong while you're traveling, here's an example of how it will. ( )
  cubsfan3410 | Sep 1, 2018 |
Hilarious, & a good book to read while waiting in line, or waiting for the kettle to boil. This is basically a collection of embarrassing & mind-boggling anecdotes, although there is some stand-up comedy and also a little bit of deeper stuff. ( )
  astrologerjenny | Apr 24, 2013 |
This collection includes tales written by women travelling all over the world. They are united in the fact that they are all written by women, and they are all meant to be humorous. I was rather disappointed with the results.

One of the problems is that the excerpts in this collection are all quite short, not long enough to really delve into anything. The second issue was that most of these tales weren't actually very funny. The funniest pieces were those written by known humorists and comedians, like Anne LaMott and Ellen DeGeneres. Others try, but don't succeed. I don't find a blow-by-blow account of Burning Man to be funny, I find it to be pathetic.

Most significantly, though, there seemed to be no good reason for this to be a collection of women's travel writing. This book did not interrogate culturally specific ideas of gender. Instead, there were stories about needing tampons in Paris. It seemed as if the editors of this series had no concept of why there might be a call for a collection of women's travel stories. This anthology is proof positive that simply stamping "women" on something does not create deeper meaning. It is the editor's job to explain the reasoning, and that simply doesn't happen here.

In conclusion, I offer the following quote from the introduction: "If you think about it, how could travel be anything but funny? Especially for women." Indeed. ( )
  lahochstetler | Sep 18, 2011 |
was looking for a light and humorous read when I stumbled across this on my shelves. I mean, how could a collection subtitled Funny Women Write From the Road miss the mark on that, right? Well, either my funny bone had gone on vacation when I read this or I have a different sense of humor than the editor. This is a collection of essays, several of which are excerpted from longer works that I have already read (and nothing makes me crabbier than having paid good money for something that isn't new content), centered on the travel misadventures suffered by women who have a host of jobs that take them all over the world. A few of the essays did indeed inspire chuckles but there were an awful lot more that left me scratching my head as to why they were considered funny. Now, I generally find that essay collections by multiple authors do tend to be spotty in terms of holding my interest (some do, others, regrettably, just don't) but it was sad to realize that travel humor is equally likely to run the gamut of appeal for me. Of course, my sense of humor runs to the self-deprecating and thoroughly embarrassing (vomit, poo, clothing mishaps, etc.) so other readers may find more humor in the less obvious essays than I did. I loved the concept of the book but I wish I had gotten more out of the execution (or maybe it's just that someone wee'ed in my cornflakes the morning I read this). ( )
  whitreidtan | Sep 27, 2009 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Leo, Jennifer L.Editorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bartlett, NancyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carroll, E. JeanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chaney, DeborahContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Colvin, JenniferContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crawford, KateContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Eckardt, ChristieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gough, LaurieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hornak, JoanneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leo, Jennifer L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Maxwell, JessicaIntroductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mayfield, LoriContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Meyer, KathleenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Michaud, ChristineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nielsen, ChristineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
O'Connor, ColetteContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Peterson, MicheleContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Quinn, LesleyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Schlosberg, SuzanneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shames, Germaine W.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Simon, KellyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Valentine, AnnalisaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wright, AlisonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Zimmerman, KarlaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Assenberg, MarryTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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Travel isn't always what we dream it will be, but...oh the stories that follow! For the 25 women in this book who packed their sense of humor as they traveled from Alaska to Zanzibar, the journey brought tales of misadventure that their children and grandchildren, and readers of this book, will never forget. Smile, chuckle, and laugh out loud to the candid and comical accounts of these memorable trips. Brigid Kelso gets bitten and beaten by a healer possessed by a goddess in Kathmandu in "Llamo Dolkar" "Fifteen Minutes Can Last Forever" when JoAnn Hornak is being chased by a herd of fifty African elephants Ellen Degeneres's fear of flying comes out in ripe language shocking the nun in the next seat in "The Plane Truth" "Herbal Girl" Deborah Bear tests the strength of ginger when sea sickness overcomes her on a not-so-idyllic voyage Sandra Tsing Loh vacations in "Tahiti!" where she finds the freedom to be fat "A Prude in Patpong," Jennifer Leo discovers the outrageous world of Bangkok's sex shows Cooking up a "Rainbow Special" in Guatemala, Cara Tabachnick inadvertantly poisons her new friends with explosive and hilarious results

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