My memoir comes out in less than a month and I've just put it here on the homepage, and also under Books, in case anyone is drawn to my website. The book ties the story of my quest to become a travel writer to that of Poland's struggle to regain its independence - and throws a love story into the mix. I think of it as a latter-day version of Reds, only this time the communists lose. And in telling those three stories, the memoir describes three heydays: journalism's in the wake of Watergate, Poland's in the last decade of the Cold War, and travel writing's in the '70s and '80s. It's my first book with a real narrative, which in theory should make it more appealing than the others. A friend and fellow author told me that these days, waiting for one's book to appear, are the best, filled with hope and expectation - a bit like spring training. Except that instead of a couple dozen competitors, authors have hundreds, and they have names like Grisham and Britney Spears.
