THEY ONLY EAT THEIR HUSBANDS
A Memoir of Alaskan Love, World Travel,
and the Power of Running Away
Now Available
"A delightfully engaging read. Lee reminds us that in travel as in life, the inward journey is as messy, important and rewarding as the outward one."
—Kyle Wagner, travel editor, The Denver Post
TO MY AMAZING FRIENDS AND FANS:
It has taken me a couple of months to recover from my book tour adventure, and I finally have a moment to offer my deepest gratitude to everyone who made it possible. This spring I drove nearly 5000 miles across the West, plus flights to Alaska, covering 22 events in 26 days, and without a doubt: I could never have done it if not for the friends, fans, readers, booksellers, writers, travelers, and strangers who helped me every step of the way. Thanks to all of you who lent me a couch or bed, gave me a drink or meal, bought a book or attended a reading, and shared hearts and minds and laughter. I may never know what my shoestring book tour did for book sales, but it blessed me with the reminder of why I write and why I travel: to communicate and connect with other people. You all have given me a tremendous gift that I can never fully repay. However, I'll keep trying, by continuing to write, until we meet again.
Many thanks,
Cara
Read more about Cara's Book Tour Adventure at her blog, Girls Trek Too.
CARA WINS WRITING AWARD
Cara's essay Smelly Make This Bed won first place in this year's Denver Woman's Press Club In-House Writing Contest. If you'd like to read her very personal take on the world of the marriage bed, you'll find it posted on the Girls Trek Too blog, in the Adventures in Writing category.
ABOUT CARA'S MEMOIR
At 26, after a lover threatened to shoot her, Cara ran away to Alaska. During her nine years in the Last Frontier, she landed in a love triangle with two alcoholics: a paraglider pilot obsessed with danger and a martial artist obsessed with death. At 35, sick of addicts, Cara ran again, to backpack around the world alone.
Read an interview with Lighthouse Writers Workshop
"With an open heart, Cara Lopez Lee relates her round-the-world journey to self-discovery with the unabashed, dazzling honesty of a good friend telling you her innermost secrets over a cup of coffee. The backdrop of intriguing cultures and landscapes further enriches Lee's bold memoir, They Only Eat Their Husbands."
—Rose Muenker, winner of the Society of American Travel Writers Gold Award, Travel Column
