Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets, Takoma, presents Marianne Bohr as she discusses her new book Gap Year Girl: A Baby Boomer Adventure Across 21 Countries.
Thirty-three years after backpacking across Europe, Bohr and her husband quit their jobs and retraced their steps. Avid travelers throughout their lives, the couple were well prepared for this “senior year abroad,” and Bohr’s chronicle is full of seasoned insights into both the bucolic French countryside and the exotic whirl of Moroccan bazaars; along the way Bohr also finds moments to reflect on the variety of experiences travel affords, from the thrill of exploration to disorientation to the delight of finding something familiar in a strange place.
