The Women I Think about at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes
The Women I Think about at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes In this "thought-provoking blend of history, biography, women's studies, and travelogue" (Library Journal) Mia Kankim ki recounts…
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The Women I Think about at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes
In this "thought-provoking blend of history, biography, women's studies, and travelogue" (Library Journal) Mia Kankim ki recounts her enchanting travels in Japan, Kenya, and Italy while retracing the steps of ten remarkable female pioneers from history.What can a forty-something childless woman do? She flies to Tanzania and then to Kenya to see where Karen Blixen--of Out of Africa fame--lived in the 1920s. Bored with her life and feeling stuck, Mia Kankim ki leaves her job, sells her apartment, and decides to travel the world, following the paths of the female explorers and artists from history who have long inspired her.
In Italy, Mia spends her days looking for the works of In Japan, Mia attempts to cure her depression while researching Yayoi Kusama, the contemporary artist who has voluntarily lived in a psychiatric hospital for decades.