The Girls, Alone: Six Days in Estonia (Kindle Single), by Bonnie J. Rough
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A resurfacing writer hits the sauna, bares it all, and learns the true meaning of saga. In her latest work, award-winning author Bonnie J. Rough separates from her family for a surprising journey into the difficult past and precarious present of Estonia, the former Soviet state of her heritage. Embarking on a journey to learn the fate of her great-great-grandmother Anna, she encounters World War II ghosts, Vikings, crones, recycled meat, a seven-ton prehistoric bull, gray hairs, and the ultimate librarian, but finds no bully bigger than Putin—or is it her own self-doubt?—in an adventure that delivers surprising lessons from her foremothers about happiness, autonomy, women’s legacies and the writer’s life. From the ladies’ locker room to the edges of Russia, The Girls, Alone is a swift ride that brings its readers to the most unexpected places and triumphantly answers its own high stakes.Bonnie J. Rough is the author of the Minnesota Book Award-winning memoir Carrier: Untangling the Danger in My DNA. Her essays have appeared in dozens of publications including The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Sun magazine, and Brain, Child, as well as anthologies including The Best American Science and Nature Writing, Modern Love, and The Best Creative Nonfiction. With past lives in Minneapolis and Amsterdam, she now lives and writes in her hometown of Seattle.Cover design by Hannah Perrine Mode.
The Girls, Alone: Six Days in Estonia (Kindle Single), by Bonnie J. Rough- Amazon Sales Rank: #130790 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-29
- Released on: 2015-06-29
- Format: Kindle eBook
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A beautiful story about what we pass on and what we leave behind! By Sarah R. Callender I am honored to have met Ms. Rough, but even if I hadn't, I would be eager to recommend her novella-length work. While this, generally, is a story about Ms. Rough's journey to learn more about her Estonian great-grandmother, her lush, insightful observations illustrate a universal longing for adventure as well as the desire to understand one's past (so as to fully live in the present).As I knew nothing--NOTHING--about Estonia, I was delighted to be invited into Ms. Rough's adventures. I now have a colorful sense of Estonia's earthy people, their language, the smell of the sea and the simplicity of their lives . . . and yes, the temperature of their saunas.I highly recommend this jewel of a story.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful, observant, and funny--full of surprises! By Janna Cawrse Esarey Bonnie Rough's latest work is, as always, stunning. This short, fast-paced story describes how the author and a dear friend abandon family and work to vacation in...Estonia, a tiny former-Soviet-bloc country famed to be one of the unhappiest places on earth. Why travel to such a place? The author's great great grandmother lived and died there, never following her children to North America. Rough packs a grainy photo of her great great grandmother standing in a field, and the two friends drive across the tiny country, following dirt roads and knocking on doors, trying to figure out just which field it could be and what such a life might have been like. Along the journey, the author reflects on women's roles past and present, as well as the writer's life, and one begins to wonder who, exactly, is alone: the girls on their vacation? the great great grandmother? women as a sex? or the writer, alone at her keyboard, trying to make sense of it all?This is a tale vividly told, pleasantly paced, and with just the right mix of observation, rumination, and humor. Rough renders the Estonian landscape and people beautifully, and we come to understand their sadness through Rough's brief, interesting forays into the culture's history. One delights in the various sauna scenes where we glimpse the aging female body--hello, pinkies!--quite more than we expect (and at least this reader could relate quite more than I would hope). THE GIRLS, ALONE made me laugh out loud and tear up in the same sitting. And one sitting is all it takes to read this lovely little story. Highly recommended!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A unique travel narrative By Jennifer Heidelberger I was mesmerized by the narrative descriptions of Estonia, a country and region not known for tourism. Bonnie wove her quest for family connection into the winding roads of this foreign land in a way that kept my interest and left me wanting more.
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