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The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats, and Ex-Countries | Jessa Crispin
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When Jessa Crispin was thirty, she burned her settled Chicago life to the ground and took off for Berlin with a pair of suitcases and no plan beyond leaving. Half a decade later, she�s still on the road, in search not so much of a home (…more)
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youneverarrived
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I haven‘t read many books #setineasterneurope so I‘ll be keeping an eye on the tag but I read this book recently and there was a chapter where the author was in Sarajevo and it made me want to read more about what happened to Yugoslavia and just about Eastern Europe in general! #uncannyoctober

batsy I felt the same while reading this. She writes in such an engaging way about the works that shaped her travels! I want to read all of it. 8y
youneverarrived @batsy she does! It made me want to be where she was and to read more about the people & the countries she wrote about. 8y
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unabridgedchick
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Sitting in a café reading about Jessa Crispin sitting in a café...

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unabridgedchick
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Sitting in a café reading about Jessa Crispin sitting in a café...

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unabridgedchick
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The start of my day, and my week. Junk food, good reads, a little guidance.

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jveezer
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Love this passage from the book...so spot on.

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LauraTFrey
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More like Eat Read Fuck, amiright?

CarolynOliver I haven't read it but oh lord I almost spit tea everywhere. 9y
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mackenziewalton
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A small town pens you in. It gives you context and a place. It knows your name and your history. It knows how you correspond with the others around you. And either this will feel cozy or it will feel like suffocation.

mackenziewalton How I feel about small town romances sometimes. Going back home isn't always the best choice. 9y
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shsnaps
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Pickpick

For all the wanderers who turn to words when lost.

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SarahEvonne
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From "Nora/Trieste" in The Dead Ladies Project

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