Laura Kelly's coyly roguish collection of nonfiction stories takes readers from Bulgaria to Mongolia to Armenia and countries further afield. With a generous sense of wonder and mischief and the keen eye of a storytelling journalist, Kelly chronicles the surprising resonance of ordinary encounters with her students, her neighbors, and herself, viewed through the prism of a stranger in strange lands.
Laura Kelly's coyly roguish collection of nonfiction stories takes readers from Bulgaria to Mongolia to Armenia and countries further afield. With a generous sense of wonder and mischief and the keen eye of a storytelling journalist, Kelly chronicles the surprising resonance of ordinary encounters with her students, her neighbors, and herself, viewed through the prism of a stranger in strange lands.