On-Line Press Kit
Author Wendy Dale
 For author info and photos, view the BIOGRAPHY page. Publicity ContactsAuthor Publicist Danielle Jack (310) 559-4574 Random House Publicist Melissa Kaplan (212) 572-2098 |
Book InformationEXCERPTS, REVIEWS AND MOREAvoiding Prison was selected as one of the best travel books of the summer by USA Today. Upon the book's release, it became the sole editor's pick on the travel page of the Barnes & Noble Web site and was one of just ten books on the Recommended page of www.barnesandnoble.com. RECENT ARTICLES"For Sale: A Boring Life"
"Mesa couple's daughter pens memoir of a family that traded stability for adventure." Interview with the author and her parents published in the East Valley Tribune (Phoenix). "The Wild and Wooly Adventures of Wendy Dale"
Cover story of MetroBEAT, a Greenville, SC alternative weekly. Book Synopsis
Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals: Adventures in Love and Danger The quirky, hilarious memoir of a young woman’s travels to some of the least hospitable vacation spots on the planet and her quest to find the meaning of home. Just when gainfully employed 20-something Wendy Dale thinks she can’t take another moment of corporate tedium, her parents impulsively sell everything they own and move to Honduras with no plan. And then things get interesting. What begins as a harmless family visit explodes into an around-the-world adventure that finds Dale navigating some of the world’s most dangerous corners, with no intention of running for cover. But while her hair-raising trek through Beirut, or her black-market shopping spree in Cuba might be chalked up to wacky, worthwhile life experiences, it’s in Costa Rica that things begin to spin out of control — when Dale falls in love with a man imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. "I like to think that I’m a typical traveler, that my idea of a good trip is pretty much the same as the next guy’s," writes Dale. But as this edgy, honest and unforgettable narrative unfolds, she discovers that a successful "vacation" — much like that elusive thing, happiness — can be created in the most unlikely places on earth.  The author in Cuba Book Outline
Please note: This outline is intended for journalists. Readers who have not completed the book are strongly discouraged from reading this section. It is a spoiler. REVIEWSPRESS RELEASESThe lighter side of Costa Rican Prisons
Author explores Central American jails. A press release for features editors. Galley Letter
Letter sent with galleys describing content of Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals. SELECTED EXCERPTSMove to Tegucigalpa
After her folks spontaneously sell everything they own and move to Honduras, the author struggles to answer the question, "So, what do your parents do?" Her parents' hobbies
What have Wendy Dale's parents been doing in Honduras? The answer has to do with CIA agents and jalapeño chili pepper farms. Cuba Libre
The author explains how to illegally enter a foreign country as well as what it's like to hang out with prostitutes in Havana. |
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