Nancy Yuktonis Solak, a Chicago native, is an award-winning editor and writer. She has written two travel memoirs: A Footpath in Umbria, Living, Loving & Laughing in Italy and Welcome to Here! A Reluctant Traveler Goes to China.
As an Affiliate of Amherst Writers & Artists, she has led writing workshops for women in recovery, teens, and senior citizens. She has had four fiction stories published in literary journals and, before retiring, made her living as a freelance writer and a managing editor of several trade magazines. She is currently writing a novel.
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A Footpath in Umbria
Being a homebody, Nancy never would have spent a year in Italy had it not been for her husband’s wanderlust.
The couple didn’t go there to buy or restore a house or to heal a trauma from the past. As ordinary boomers, they simply wanted to experience “The Dream” – to live in Italy. They settled down in traditional Umbria, just east of Tuscany.
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Welcome to Here: A Reluctant Traveler Goes to China
For some, traveling is a dream come true. For others it's a nightmare. Either way, traveling has a way of testing one's mettle. Where each of us falls on the scale of "ability to cope" varies. Now, thanks to Nancy's second photo-studded travel memoir, Welcome to Here: A Reluctant Traveler Goes to China, you can experience the country in all its glory and her challenges without leaving your favorite place to read.
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