What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding

A funny, sexy, and ultimately poignant memoir about mastering the art of the "vacationship." Kristin Newman spent much of her twenties and thirties buying dresses to wear to her friends' weddings and baby showers. Not ready to settle down and in need of an escape from her fast-paced job as a sitcom writer, Kristin instead traveled the world, often alone, for several weeks each year. In addition to falling madly in love with the planet, Kristin fell for many attractive locals, men who could provide the emotional connection she wanted without costing her the freedom she desperately needed. Kristin introduces readers to the Israeli bartenders, Finnish poker players, sexy Bedouins, and Argentinean priests who helped her transform into "Kristin-Adjacent" on the road–a slower, softer, and, yes, sluttier version of herself at home. Equal parts laugh-out-loud storytelling, candid reflection, and wanderlust-inspiring travel tales, What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding is a compelling debut that will have readers rushing to renew their passports.

Published with vol. 21-25: Transactions of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, vol. 13-17, and Annual report of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association, no. 11-15; with vol. 22-25: Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin, no. 1-4.

For fans of Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love. Guided only by a map pulled from an old copy of National Geographic, Laine Cunningham camped in the Australian Outback for six months...and she did it alone. Told with warm humor and sparked with suspense, the search revealed a woman's most important discovery: herself.

For fans of Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love. Guided only by a map pulled from an old copy of National Geographic, Laine Cunningham camped in the Australian Outback for six months...and she did it alone. Told with wry humor, sparked with suspense and warmth, Woman Alone conveys a search for peace.

Appendix "Annual meeting of the Iowa Shorthorn Breeders' Association."

This lined journal reproduces the stunning cover from Woman Alone: A Six-Month Journey Through the Australian Outback. The generously sized interior pages are decorated with vintage drawings that alternate in the upper and lower corners. Each two-page spread offers a beautiful place to record your thoughts and wisdom. About Woman Alone: AWARD-WINNING SOLO FEMALE TRAVEL MEMOIR. For fans of Cheryl Strayed (Wild) and Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love). At twenty-seven, Laine Cunningham seemed to have it all. Yet every morning she dragged herself through a life that falsely glamorized everything she was supposed to want. Guided only by a map pulled from an old copy of National Geographic, she camped in the Australian Outback for six months. And she did it alone. Traveling in a time before Expedia or Travelocity, and without any guidebook or travel guide from Lonely Planet, the trip was never intended to be a vacation. Instead, it was a search for something deeper. Cheap plane tickets or the cost of the airfare were far less important than the investment Laine made in herself. The self-guided adventure tour around the country covered nearly 17,000 miles. Hostels were preferred to hotels, and then only when camping under the stars was not an option. Otherwise, her best accommodation was the red sand. Told with warm humor and sparked with suspense, the search revealed the most important discovery any woman can make: herself. For fans of Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes, Down the Nile by Rosemary Mahoney, Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman, A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson, Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks, Now is the Time to Open Your Heart by Alice Walker, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett, No Place Like Home by Brooke Berman, A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena de Blasi, Gorge by Kara Richardson Whitely, My Paris Dream by Kate Betts, What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman, and Graduates in Wonderland.

For the first time, the readable Contemporary English Version is available in a mass market edition. Features two-column text, book introductions and outlines, concise dictionary of biblical terms, user's guide to the Bible, translator's footnotes, and more.

Articles highlighting Bible promises Biographical sketches of biblical young people Book introductions and outlines In-text subject headings Word list/dictionary Article index 1,376 pp.