No Baggage
No Baggage A Minimalist Tale of Love & Wandering Clara Benson 2016, Running Press So girl meets guy, guy meets girl and together they decide they are going to travel to 11 countries in 3 weeks WITH NO LUGGAGE. Of course this book is really all about the baggage they lug around, the stuff inside of them. Both have pasts that are not easily left behind. First off: who meets on OKCupid and stays together for 3 seconds let alone 3 weeks without a change of clothes????? I loved this story and Googled and found out there is a film project around it, so can’t wait for that. Clara meets Jeff, an professor of environmental science with a wild streak. Clara is a naïve but open-hearted young adult trying to navigate the world post bachelor’s degree. She loves poetry and soup. He experiments with alternate lifestyles, such as living in a Dumpster for a year. The idea that these two will embark on an overseas trip with nothing sounds crazy, exciting, and im...