The Rat Pack
Lara Bergen
Rizzo the Rat and his gang of ten biker rats tour the United States. One by one, the members are lost to distractions or mishaps. A color tattoo bearing a "Rizzo's Rat Pack" logo was included.
Read Time: ~3.1 hr
The blind masseuse
by Alden Jones (2013)
About this book
Through personal journeys both interior and across the globe, Alden Jones investigates what motivates us to travel abroad in search of the unfamiliar. By way of explorations to Costa Rica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Burma, Cambodia, Egypt, and around the world on a ship, Jones chronicles her experience as a young American traveler while pondering her role as an outsider in the cultures she temporarily inhabits. Her wanderlust fuels a strong, high-adventure story and, much in the vein of classic travel literature, Jones's picaresque tale of personal evolution informs her own transitions, rites of passage, and understandings of her place as a citizen of the world. With sharp insight and stylish prose, Jones asks: Is there a right or wrong way to travel? The Blind Masseuse concludes that there is, but that it's not always black and white.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe blind masseuse Lead Character
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