Rosemary Mahoney, adventure diva

A few months ago, I went to a New York Public Library panel where the writer Jan Morris spoke about her life and travels. During the Q&A session, a fan asked if she read current travel writing. Her response was no, but then, after considering for a moment, she mentioned that she was lately glued to the galleys of a travelogue about a woman who rowed down the Nile by herself, getting in hair-raising situations along the way. Intrigued, I went home and googled "Nile + woman + alone" and finally came across the Amazon pre-publication entry for Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff

, my introduction to Rosemary Mahoney. Now I'm hooked. Here's my review, which I wrote for JANERA.com.