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Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor — Book Review
I love a good book about travel experiences, and after six months of quarantine life, I’ve found myself drawn to them more than ever! The stories about people whose lives were transformed in ways big or small from the experience of traveling are my favorite. Often, we travel as much to find ourselves as we do to discover the world.
I’ve written reviews of other travel books I’ve really enjoyed, and the common theme in the majority of them is the desire to not only rediscover oneself but also to redefine one’s life. Many of the writers were facing a midlife crisis, in the midst of a life-changing event, or about to experience a life-changing event. In these times is when we dig deep to better understand ourselves, to bring the truths to the surface for full exposure (even if only to expose to ourselves and no one else), and to mine for the answers that we so desperately need that are buried in the far reaches of our hearts and souls.
I empathized with Cheryl Strayed in Wild as she set out on a journey to recreate herself and rebuild her life. I admired Andrew McCarthy’s deep dive into his own perceptions of himself in The Longest Way Home as he studied the people and the places he visited as a means of better understanding himself. I identified with Rita Gelman in Tales of a Female…
