Wild Life

* Forward Reviews' IndieFab Book of the Year Award Gold Winner for Travel. * 1st place best travel memoir 2014 North American Book Awards. * Winner silver Solas Awards for Best Travel Story of the Year 2014. From licking a Monet in Paris, to pushing an abusive macho honeymooner off his sailboat in the shark-infested Galápagos, to saving her toddler son from a charging bull elephant in Africa, these delightful tales will inspire readers to follow the call of a wild life and leave home with their doors unlocked.“Lisa's love of travel and her fierce determination to push all boundaries, takes the reader with her on a thoughtful, fun and fearless journey. Lisa opens herself and the reader to the world and explores with courage, the physical world around her and the philosophical world within." — Maureen Wheeler, founder Lonely Planet"The 14 captivating woman’s adventure stories within this collection by Lisa Alpine span the savanna of the Masai Mara to the ski resorts of Switzerland. Tales of taking it too far in foreign countries are woven together with stories of sadness and joy, from hitchhiking with her son in New Zealand to the sorrow of her last meal with her mother suffering from dementia. Initiations, dreams, and visions illuminate the exotic landscapes in which these journeys take place, pulling the reader along to experience the far-off places and share in the personal evolution of the author as she lives the "Wild Life"."—Foreword Review "I never tire of talking to Lisa Alpine about her exploits, adventures, and fascinating life. She has carved a path that is an inspiration to any free-spirited, or secretly free-spirited, woman." — Constance Hale, author of "Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch" and "Sin and Syntax"""Lisa Alpine’s winning title tells much about her personal timeline, and the bestiary of good, bad, ugly or rare characters encountered in these sometimes breathless pages.”— David Downie, author "Paris to the Pyrenees""Lisa’s stories are not only packed with the humor and adventure that comes from being a solo woman traveler, but also filled with compassion that cuts to the core of what travel is all about—a deep connection to a people and place found when we shed our protective armor and remember we are all human." — Kimberley Lovato, author "Walnut Wine and Truffle Groves"