From Publishers Weekly This lighthearted send-up of the adventures of journeying in a state of matrimonial bliss (or misery, as the case may be) visits every aspect of traveling as a team. After all, "Because couples therapy is rarely available on vacation, it's important to be aware in advance of the special challenges associated with traveling while married." Weisman, a contributor to PRI's Savvy Traveler, begins with obvious sticking points-including what time to get to the airport and how to unite messy and neat factions in one hotel room-and then branches into more taboo territory. When is it okay to admit that a so-called dream vacation is quickly becoming a nightmare? What's the best way to discourage houseguests from tagging along on a summer beach house rental? And, of course, the "don't ask, don't tell" rule of travel: "Nobody wants to hear about your vacation unless you've had a terrible time.... Even people who like you can stand just so much of your gaseous descriptions of swimming in the warm Gulf of Mexico waters or strolling on the Ile Saint-Louis. After a few minutes their eyes glaze over and their smiles become fixed, indicating that you've used up their allotted quotient of niceness." Weisman's breezy humor may make for a quick read, but whether she's sand-boarding in Chile's Atacama Desert or snoozing through "American Diplomacy in the Twenty-First Century" at an Elderhostel, her get-up-and-go spirit is contagious. Drawings by New Yorker artist Edward Koren enliven the text.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist He's a whitewater-rafting kind of guy. She prefers the bubbling waters of a posh health club hot tub. For more than 40 years, Larry and Mary-Lou Weisman have been backpacking through Europe and barging down the Amazon as both dauntless travelers and devoted spouses. Now Mary-Lou shares the secret of staying happily married while contemplating lost luggage, jet lag, and Eurodollar equivalencies in a mirthful memoir of a lifetime of journeying a deux. With self-deprecating good humor, Weisman pokes fun at her own obsessive-compulsive behavior and Larry's laid-back mentality to reveal the offbeat and off-the-beaten-track adventures of travelers as mismatched as a cheap set of luggage. From their honeymoon on an Israeli kibbutz to a stuffy Elderhostel cultural retreat, Weisman reveals the kind of travel tips readers won't find in the latest Fodor's. Whimsical illustrations by the incomparable Edward Koren of New Yorker fame perfectly complement this droll travelogue of a marriage whose Love Boat voyages more closely resemble a cruise on the S.S. Minnow than the Queen Mary. Carol HaggasCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved See all Editorial Reviews
發表於2024-09-11
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看完瞭,一般吧,沒有從書名可以想象到的那麼好。全書兩百頁都不到,東一耙子西一棒子地,大概和我的水平也差不多。最後作者寫到可以和老公一起在普羅旺租房開始退休生活,這也沒啥呀,偏題瞭喔。不過如果有機會做五年休一年的話,我們也會選擇歐洲的。
評分看完瞭,一般吧,沒有從書名可以想象到的那麼好。全書兩百頁都不到,東一耙子西一棒子地,大概和我的水平也差不多。最後作者寫到可以和老公一起在普羅旺租房開始退休生活,這也沒啥呀,偏題瞭喔。不過如果有機會做五年休一年的話,我們也會選擇歐洲的。
評分看完瞭,一般吧,沒有從書名可以想象到的那麼好。全書兩百頁都不到,東一耙子西一棒子地,大概和我的水平也差不多。最後作者寫到可以和老公一起在普羅旺租房開始退休生活,這也沒啥呀,偏題瞭喔。不過如果有機會做五年休一年的話,我們也會選擇歐洲的。
評分看完瞭,一般吧,沒有從書名可以想象到的那麼好。全書兩百頁都不到,東一耙子西一棒子地,大概和我的水平也差不多。最後作者寫到可以和老公一起在普羅旺租房開始退休生活,這也沒啥呀,偏題瞭喔。不過如果有機會做五年休一年的話,我們也會選擇歐洲的。
評分看完瞭,一般吧,沒有從書名可以想象到的那麼好。全書兩百頁都不到,東一耙子西一棒子地,大概和我的水平也差不多。最後作者寫到可以和老公一起在普羅旺租房開始退休生活,這也沒啥呀,偏題瞭喔。不過如果有機會做五年休一年的話,我們也會選擇歐洲的。
Traveling While Married 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載