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An Experience Definitely Worth Allegedly Having is a collection of essays on travel selected by Edith Zimmerman, the founder of the colorfully offbeat women’s website The Hairpin. Like The Hairpin, these essays are funny, weird, adventurous, and moving. There are stories about following a mysterious stranger’s maps in Mexico, attending endless step aerobics classes in Buenos Aires, faking a terrible British accent in London, and navigating a nude spa in Stockholm. About loneliness, connection, and sunburn.

Eine Bibliothekarin, ein NFL-Star und eine falsche Verlobung - was könnte schiefgehen? Ausgerechnet in der Bibliothek, in der Mae arbeitet, versteckt sich NFL-Star Chris vor seinen Fans. Er ist ärgerlich hot, schrankbreit und gilt als Sexiest Man Alive. Verdammt unsympathisch, findet Mae. Dann überredet Chris sie zu einem Buchclub - er liest ebenso gern RomComs wie Mae -, und die beiden kommen sich näher. Bis ein dubioses Foto von ihm in der Presse auftaucht und er ihr plötzlich die eine Frage stellt, die Mae nur aus ihren Liebesromanen kennt.

Friends and family gathered. Flowers everywhere. The casket. Days that just melt into each other. Sleepless nights. The pain in the pit of your stomach. Feeling all alone. I wrote this book because I remembered how hard it was when I lost my mother. That first holiday was the absolute worst. I ached as I imagined everyone being with their families, and yet, we sat with her empty chair. I just didn’t want anyone to feel as alone as I felt. With each loss, I found myself experiencing the same cycle of emotions.

In this volume, the lives of three sibling dreamers play out in verse, threading enchantment into the challenges of growing up. As they find humor in tiny ordeals, meaning in disappointment, and beauty even in tragedy, their poems will open your heart, offering vulnerability and transparency throughout. In Sunshine or in Shadow is a treasure of laughter and tears that will stay with you forever.