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Description edit
Spanning 15 years of travel, beginning when she is a sophomore in college, Wanderlust documents Elisabeth Eaves’s insatiable hunger for the rush of the unfamiliar and the experience of encountering new people and cultures. Young and independent, she crisscrosses five continents and chases... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Justin: Add a description of this character.
- Stu
- Graham
- Dominic
- Mona
- Paul
- Patricia
- Kristin
- Pepe
- Stefan
- James
- David
- Helen
- Stewie
- Mark
- Raphael
- Laurie
- Brendan
- Godwin
- Toni
- Jason
- Ian
- Maria José
- Mr. Masih
- Michelle
- Kamran
- Jeremy
- Nathan
- Nela
- Ahmed
- Rob
- Tracy
- Hoda
- Samuel
- Rupert
- Abel
- Kim
Quotes edit
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“We quest for something desirable, but we also desire quests.”
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- Seattle
- Australia
- Cairo
- Egypt
- London
- Vancouver
- Karachi
- Paris
- Auckland
- Pakistan
- Yemen
- New Zealand
- Washington
- United States
- Tonga
- Sydney
- Spain
- Europe
- Fiji
- Moraira
- America
- Noosa
- Brisbane
- Singapore
- Papua New Guinea
- Sanaa
- Valencia
- Nirit
- Middle East
- Canada
- Kashgar
- Queensland
- Lae
- California
- Kokoda Trail
- Cusco
- Malaysia
- Pacific
- Istanbul
- Thailand
- South Seas
- Whangarei
- China
- Germany
- Png
- Florence
- Peru
- Alexandria
First Sentence edit
On an early December morning in 2005, as the Christmas lights faded and festive dark turned to gray daylight, I loaded four suitcases into a taxi on Avenue Montaigne.
Table of Contents edit
Part One - Liberation
1. On Inspiration
2. On Wanting More
3. On Roots
4. On Coming and Going
5. On Objectification
6. On Promises
7. On Making Friends
8. On Being an Alien
9. On Adaptation
10. On Reentry
11. On Establishing an International Career
12. On Difficulty
Part Two - Luck
13. On Settling Down
14. On Cognitive Dissonance
15. On Culture Shock
16. On Cutting Ties
17. On Boys
18. On Betrayal
19. On Spontaneity
20. On Taming Nature
21. On Love
22. On Being Far Away
23. On Escape
24. On Going to Sea
25. On Temptation
Part Three - Momentum
26. On the Heart of Civilization
27. On Double Lives
28. On Desire
29. On Making the Sensible Choice
30. On Imaginary Lovers
31. On Living a Beautiful Life
32. On Pressure
33. On Epiphanies
34. On Going Home
Authors & Contributors edit
- Elisabeth Eaves (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 910.4
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- elisabetheaves.com: Author's personal Web site.
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