Reading Travel Mania really made me feel like I was right back in these destinations that I too have visited. It's a very fun read with a great message. Anyone reading will certainly get in touch with their adventurous side and be inspired to see the world for themselves!
Dr. Evan Antin, author of World Wild Vet and host of Animal Planet’s Evan Goes Wild
Kirkus Reviews
TestimonialsThe book reflects the author’s love of globe-trotting adventure and describes how she built her whole life around it by getting a job in which she effectively got paid to travel. Her recollections take readers to many places around the...
Tim Bascom, author of Chameleon Days and Running to the Fire
TestimonialsKaren Gershowitz is to be applauded for her sheer verve, which is on delightful display in this rollicking travelogue: Travel Mania. From the beginning one senses that Gershowitz is experiencing a kind of undeniable, enthralling need—...
Marc Nieson, author of Schoolhouse: Lessons on Love & Landscape
TestimonialsBuckle up! Travel Mania is pure adventure and passion, circling and crisscrossing our exotic globe, ever eager for the next horizon. From those pre safety-belt days in the back seat of a DeSoto to the uncertain risks of traveling du...
Sue Shapiro, former President of NY Skal, former President and CEO of GIANTS consortium
TestimonialsAs a travel industry professional, I’ve watched the world shrink as access has grown. Karen Gershowitz’ lovely travel memoir is a look back at a time when faraway places really were far away, distant cultures were very...
Amanda Burgess, Editor, JourneyWoman Magazine
TestimonialsA witty, insightful romp through a lifetime of travel that reads like a sit down with a friend. You’ll want to curl up in a comfortable spot and greedily gulp down Travel Mania in a single sitting — then read it again and feel like y...
Marilyn Johnson, author of Lives in Ruins and This Book Is Overdue!
TestimonialsAlone or in the company of others, Karen Gershowitz navigates the world with an open heart and a sense of adventure. This collection covers impressive ground, and whether she’s rocking out with Moroccans to the Blind Boys of Alabama, s...
Lon Otto, author of A Nest of Hooks, Cover Me, and A Man in Trouble
TestimonialsKaren Gershowitz suffers from the only traveler’s disease it’s fun to have—and be around: the compulsion toward travel itself. The author of this wonderful book brings us with her on a staggering variety of journeys, trekking throu...
Carolyn Lieberg, author of West with Hopeless and Calling the Midwest Home
TestimonialsThis book is terrific. No “guided” tour here. Readers are invited to travel along and join in exotic adventures—a solo trip to Sulawesi based on an article in National Geographic? “Absolutely.” Climb Kilimanjaro? “Sure....
Christine Lehner, author of What to Wear to See the Pope and Absent a Miracle
TestimonialsFasten your seatbelts, readers, and prepare to be swept around the world, in the capable and enthusiastic company of KG. As if she didn’t travel enough for work, Karen’s wanderlust kept her itchy feet moving. Go along with her, and you ...
Sergio Troncoso, author of A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son and Nobody’s Pilgrims
TestimonialsI so thoroughly enjoyed Karen Gershowitz’s Travel Mania. What adventures across the globe! I loved the vignettes of her life in far flung places–Cairo, Singapore, a rodeo in Wyoming, climbing Kilimanjaro, on an elephant in Thailand–from ...
Charles Salzberg, 2-time Shamus Award nominee and author of Second Story Man
Testimonials“For someone like me, whose idea of travel is to reluctantly cross the George Washington Bridge and visit New Jersey—though never overnight–Karen Gershowitz’s Travel Mania is a godsend. It’s the perfect way to imagine I’m a sea...