You’re counting down the last days of summer and longing for the vacation you didn’t take. Or maybe you’re already planning for the next. Why not audition a few hot spots with these varied new releases? In these stories — three novels and two works of nonfiction — a history teacher, a wry angst-filled teen, a budding celebrity chef, an intrepid spice hunter, and Ernest Hemingway himself whisk you to vacation spots around the world. Under sunny skies in small-town America, Europe, the Caribbean and the Middle East, these characters discover the pleasures of new foods and idyllic landscapes — and sometimes, they also find themselves. Maybe, in their stories, you will find yourself too. http://n.pr/a5nilV
Reposted from NPR, Aug. 12, 2010
