Wishbone: An American Odyssey in Asia - Hardcover

Folbre, Carol Wright

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1595342818 ISBN 13: 9781595342812

Publisher: Trinity University Press, 2025

Synopsis

In the spirit of Eat, Pray, Love, Carol Wright Folbre’s story is of a young suburban Texas woman’s path to self-discovery in the early 1980s. Newly married, she embarked with her husband on a journey that morphed into an eighteen-month reassessment and discovery of her core skills, values, and presumptions.

Folbre’s travels across India, Nepal, China, and Russia were replete with challenge and adventure. Travel by foot, plane, passenger and industrial rail, bus rooftop, riverboat, bicycle, camelback, and donkey cart landed her in places she had never imagined and introduced her to centuries- and millennia-old cultures she had only read about in books. Staying in yurts, hostels, monasteries, and teahouses along the way, she met many people who captivated her.

What started as a headstrong journey driven by a Western tourist’s curiosity became a progression of discovery as Folbre learned the value of getting lost and embracing surprises, listening deeply, and finding strength in the unknown. Throughout her travels, she journaled and illustrated her encounters. What emerged was a framework for her to rethink her worldview and adopt a journey-over-destination and process-over-outcome perspective, recognizing a way of living that holds as many questions as answers and can be genuinely beautiful.

About this title

About the Authors

Carol Wright Folbre is a writer and (former) consultant. She is a graduate of the University of Sussex, Trinity University, and Principia College. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Naomi Shihab Nye is the author of numerous poetry collections and the author of several books of poetry and fiction for children. Her honors include the Wallace Stevens Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Academy of American Poets, the Charity Randall Citation from the International Poetry Forum, the National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award, and numerous Pushcart Prizes. She lives in San Antonio.

Edition details

• Publisher: Trinity University Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1595342818
• ISBN 13: 9781595342812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192