When Rosemary Mahoney, in 1998, took a solo trip down the Nile in a seven-foot rowboat, she discovered modern Egypt for herself. As a rower, she faced crocodiles and testy river currents; as a female, she confronted deeply-held beliefs about foreign women while cautiously remaining open to genuine friendship; and, as a traveller, she experienced ...
From the award-winning author of "Whoredom in Kimmage" comes a brilliant memoir of an unforgettable time: the true story of Mahoney's summer in the employ of writer Lillian Hellman--an exquisite and grueling exercise in humiliation, hypocrisy, failure, and frustration.
Having journeyed to such far-flung sacred destinations as Bethlehem, Varanasi, and Lourdes, Mahoney recounts her spiritual adventures while offering insights into what draws pilgrims to certain places and why pilgrimages remain so popular.
Striking black-and-white photographs made during the photographer's nomadic travels, all with an ironic sense of humor and a highly developed notion of the absurd.
A year before the protests in Tiananmen Square, Rosemary Mahoney participated in a teaching exchange between an American college and Hangzhou University in China. Eager to absorb as much Western culture as possible, the students embraced Mahoney and allowed her a rare glimpse of Chinese life. In this book she conveys the unsettling mixture of ...
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Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships
