The Woodbridge Public Library reads PATAGONIAN ROAD

We’re grateful to Brenda O’Brien, Readers and Reference Librarian at the Woodbridge Public Library, for posting a brief and glowing review of PATAGONIAN ROAD! The Woodbridge Library, located in Woodbridge, Illinois, posts frequent reviews of books large and small. Brenda writes:

Kate McCahill brings the reader along on her yearlong journey through Central and South America, roughly following by bus the journey Paul Theroux made decades earlier by train. She gets a writing fellowship that pays for Spanish lessons, rooms in hostels, food, and travel. Kate also volunteers as an English teacher in a couple of villages and in Buenos Aires.

And yes, they are necessary in romantic relationships as well. She misses her lover and her Finnish grandmother, shares her joys and fears, and tries to immerse herself in the local culture, although she’ll always be a traveler, not a local. While readers of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild may enjoy this book, I think closer readalikes are Wild by Nature, by Sarah Marquis, and Jodi Ettenberg’s blog, Legal Nomads. I enjoyed the occasionally lyrical writing, descriptive without being wordy, and McCahill’s willingness to share her experiences and feelings with the reader.’

Thanks, Brenda and team in Woodbridge, Illinois! #readon