Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Best Selling Author Launches New Travel Anthology/Cookbook And Hosts 24-Hour Global Dinner Party


100% of royalties will be donated to fund scholarships to

vocational schools for kids from the slums of New Delhi.


SEATTLE, WA (MAY 20, 2010) -- Bestselling author Rita Golden Gelman

launches Female Nomad and Friends: Tales of Breaking Free and

Breaking Bread Around the World (A Three Rivers Press Original),

June 1, 2010, in Seattle. Forty-one authors tell their stories of adventuring

around the world; all but two of them are women.


To celebrate the anthology and the special bonding that happens when

people share a meal and a book, Rita is hosting a 24-hour global dinner,

Connecting through Food, on Friday, June 18th. She hopes you'll join her

by giving a dinner in your home.


The Anthology/Cookbook is the sequel to Tales of a Female Nomad:

Living at Large in the World (Crown Publishers, 2001) which tells the

story of Rita selling her possessions and becoming a nomad, living in mud

huts, in royal palaces, and on magical islands. She's been a nomad for 23

years. Her story captivates readers; the book is still going strong.


Ignoring a warning from her publisher, Rita included her e-mail address.

The last line is: "I can't wait to hear from you". She was flooded with e-mails

from readers worldwide who offered guest rooms, couches, meals and their

own stories of connecting around the world. Many of those stories and more

of Rita's adventures are collected in Female Nomad and Friends, which

includes 59 amazing tales and more than 30 fabulous international recipes.

"We're encouraging people around the world to invite friends to buy the book,
cook the recipes, and share a meal at our Global Dinner Party Connecting
through Food
," said Gelman. "In hundreds of homes, guests will be talking to
us about the stories and discussing the anthology as well as the food. We'll
post your videos, pictures, and comments on Facebook. Please join us."

Global Dinner Party

To learn more about how you can be a part of the 24-hour dinner, go to
http://www.facebook.com/femalenomad. Rita will be posting recipes,
suggesting others, and also proposing topics for discussion.

For an advance peek into Female Nomad and Friends, read the
first chapter
here.

About the author: http://www.ritagoldengelman.com

Rita Golden Gelman is the author of Tales of a Female Nomad and more
than seventy children's books, including More Spaghetti, I Say!, a staple in
every first-grade classroom. As a nomad, Rita has no permanent address.
She is currently involved in an initiative called Let's Get Global
(a project of U.S.
Servas, Inc.), a national movement designed to bring the gap |year to the United
States. Learn more at: http://letsgetglobal.org/
.

Female Nomad and Friends

By Rita Golden Gelman

A Three Rivers Press Original | On Sale: June 1, 2010

ISBN: 978-0-307-58801-2| $15.00 | 352 pages


CONTACT:

TERI CITTERMAN

206.719.5001

teri@cittermanink.com


RITA GOLDEN GELMAN

femalenomad@ritagoldengelman.com


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