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Whether it is Edith Wharton, marveling at the magical beauty of a Marrakech palace garden; Mildred Cable, windering at dust demons, phantom voices, and mirages emerging from the dunes of the Gobi dessert; or Joan Didion, surveying the trappings of power and violence in present day Bogata, the women gathered in this generous and delightful anthology - "women of means and without domestic ties" show as much of themselves as they show of the strange and wonderful places they visit.
Whether it is Edith Wharton, marveling at the magical beauty of a Marrakech palace garden; Mildred Cable, windering at dust demons, phantom voices, and mirages emerging from the dunes of the Gobi dessert; or Joan Didion, surveying the trappings of power and violence in present day Bogata, the women gathered in this generous and delightful anthology - "women of means and without domestic ties" show as much of themselves as they show of the strange and wonderful places they visit.
