The Thong Also Rises

Authors: Jennifer L. Leo

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RITICAL
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CCLAIM FOR

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AND IN
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EDITED BY JENNIFER L. LEO

“A collection of ridiculous and sublime travel experiences.”

â
San Francisco Chronicle
Best-Seller List

“These snappy travel stories bursting with candor and crackling humor are sure to leave readers feeling that to not have an adventure to remember is a great loss indeed.
Sand in My Bra
will light a fire under the behinds of, as the dedication states, âall the women who sit at home or behind their desks bitching that they never get to go anywhere.'”

â
Publishers Weekly

“Reading about someone else's troubles can be devastatingly funny. And so we have in this volume exotic settings, language-based miscommunication, and not-always-pleasant surprises as things do not go as planned. Despite it all, our band of female travel writers laughs heartily, with pen, paper, and laptop at the quick.”

â
Chicago Tribune

“The writers in
Sand in My Bra
revel in the absurdities of life away from home. F
k epiphanies; these are the sort of yarns that leave me itching to hit the road.”

â
BUST

“Hip chicks with a flair for storytelling share travel tales in
Sand in My Bra.
From reveling in the âfreedom to be fat' in Tahiti to cycling topless at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, the stories celebrate the unexpected joys of travel from a feminine perspective.”

â
Orlando Sentinel

“Good-natured women find the funny side of mishaps in places as far flung as the red-light district in Bangkok and a 50-pound sack race in small-town Nevada. There are plenty of laughs andâa side benefitâsome handy warnings on what not to do when traveling.”

â
Portsmith Herald

“A delightfully entertaining look at atypical travel experiences.”

â
South Coast Beacon

“
Sand in My Bra
supplies laughs as well as a quick fix for the homebound yearning for a quick walk on the wild side.”

â
St. Petersburg Times

T
RAVELERS
' T
ALES
H
UMOR
B
OOKS

Sand in My Bra

Whose Panties Are These?

Hyenas Laughed at Me
and Now I Know Why

Not So Funny When It Happened

There's No Toilet Paper on the Road
Less Traveled

The Fire Never Dies

Last Trout in Venice

T
RAVELERS
' T
ALES

further misadventures from
funny women on the road!

T
RAVELERS
' T
ALES

further misadventures from
funny women on the road!

Edited by
JENNIFER L. LEO

Series Editors
J
AMES
O'R
EILLY AND
L
ARRY
H
ABEGGER

T
RAVELERS
' T
ALES
P
ALO
A
LTO

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The thong also rises : further misadventures from funny women on the road / edited by Jennifer L. Leo.â 1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-9323-6182-7

1. Women travelersâAnecdotes. 2. Voyages and travelsâAnecdotes. I. Leo, Jennifer. II. Title.

G465. T66 2005

910.4'082âdc22

2005017952

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