READING NATION MAGAZINE MARCH 2022

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THE INTERNATIONAL PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUY BOOK CLUB

The Art of Traveling Strangers by Zoe Disigny It's the 1980s, and art historian Claire Markham reels from a series of heartbreaking losses. Desperate to escape her shattered reality, she becomes an art guide in Europe for quirky stranger Viv Chancey and embarks on a lifechanging journey through the art-filled cities of Milan, Venice, Ravenna, Florence, Siena, Rome, and Paris. Once abroad, Claire tries to hide her woes by focusing on Viv's art education, but Viv--who is not who she seems--has a different learning experience in mind. Frustrated and wanting to reimagine her life, Claire embraces the idea of reality as illusion and finds herself slipping into the tales of art and history. When threatened with one more crushing loss, Claire must learn from the spirit of her eccentric companion and the lessons from the art they encounter to take charge of her life or lose the most precious thing in it. The Art of Traveling Strangers is a journey of selfdiscovery and personal empowerment inspired by the 42

MARCH 2022


Articles inside

Dianna Rostad article cover image

Dianna Rostad

2min
page 5
Tornado! by Kathryn Casey article cover image

Tornado! by Kathryn Casey

4min
pages 14-19
Mandy Haynes article cover image

Mandy Haynes

1min
page 39
Walking The Wrong Way Home by Mandy Haynes article cover image

Walking The Wrong Way Home by Mandy Haynes

2min
page 38
What Seems True by James Garrison article cover image

What Seems True by James Garrison

2min
pages 12, 111-112
Sugar Birds by Cheryl Grey Bostrom article cover image

Sugar Birds by Cheryl Grey Bostrom

1min
page 36
Beyond the Song by Carol Selick article cover image

Beyond the Song by Carol Selick

1min
page 37
Zoe Disigny article cover image

Zoe Disigny

2min
pages 42-43
Speed Round with Author Judith Teitelman article cover image

Speed Round with Author Judith Teitelman

2min
pages 76-80
Little Orange Honey Hood: A Carolina Folktale by Lisa Anne Cullen article cover image

Little Orange Honey Hood: A Carolina Folktale by Lisa Anne Cullen

2min
pages 50-51
Food For Thought with Laura Davis article cover image

Food For Thought with Laura Davis

6min
pages 68-75
Introducing Robert Gwaltney article cover image

Introducing Robert Gwaltney

11min
pages 52-55, 58-67
Work In Progress article cover image

Work In Progress

2min
pages 46-47
IF OUR PETS COULD TALK article cover image

IF OUR PETS COULD TALK

2min
pages 96-97
Rebecca Rosenberg article cover image

Rebecca Rosenberg

1min
pages 34-35
Linda Rosen article cover image

Linda Rosen

2min
pages 32-33
Abigail Keam article cover image

Abigail Keam

3min
pages 30-31
Marilyn Simon Rothstein article cover image

Marilyn Simon Rothstein

1min
page 27
Pamela Binnings Ewen article cover image

Pamela Binnings Ewen

1min
page 26
Francine Rodriguez article cover image

Francine Rodriguez

2min
pages 24-25
Wayland by Rita Sims Quillen article cover image

Wayland by Rita Sims Quillen

1min
page 13
What Seems True by James Garrison article cover image

What Seems True by James Garrison

1min
page 12
Guesthouse for Ganesha by Judith Teitelman article cover image

Guesthouse for Ganesha by Judith Teitelman

1min
page 11
You Belong Here Now by Dianna Rostad article cover image

You Belong Here Now by Dianna Rostad

2min
pages 4-5
The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney article cover image

The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney

2min
pages 1-3
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