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Alice Steinbach

American
Alice C. Steinbach was an American journalist and author who won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her feature for the Baltimore Sun Magazine, A Boy of Unusual Vision, which describes the experience of a blind 10-year old boy, Calvin Stanley.
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Cover of Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman
Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman

4.2/5

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Alice Steinbach's travel memoir follows a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who takes a sabbatical from the Baltimore Sun to travel through France, England, and Italy in search of a self no longer defined by her roles and routines — a journey praised by the Chicago Tribune as "a lovely travelogue" and by the Des Moines Register as "a feast" for the soul.

Reviewed May 13, 2026

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Jennifer Baggett

Travel & Adventure
Memoir
Jennifer Baggett’s co-authored memoir The Lost Girls explores leaving careers to travel the world, trading Steinbach’s quiet solo sabbatical for three distinct voices and more adventure.
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The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around
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Rachel Friedman

Travel & Adventure
Memoir
Rachel Friedman's The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost also chronicles a woman stepping off her expected path, offering a lighter-toned travel memoir equally honest about reinvention.
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The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost
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Suzanne LaVenture

Travel & Adventure
Memoir
Suzanne LaVenture's Prone to Wander shares Steinbach's quiet, introspective register, chronicling a woman's solo travels abroad to reclaim a sense of self.
1 book reviewed
Prone to Wander
David Sedaris

David Sedaris

Memoir
David Sedaris's The Land and Its People shares Steinbach's touring-life curiosity and observational warmth, exploring place-rooted chapters and transient human encounters with sharp, disarming wit.
1 book reviewed
The Land and Its People
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Sophie Matterson

Travel & Adventure
Memoir
Sophie Matterson's The Crossing shares Alice Steinbach's theme of solo travel and self-discovery, trading a quieter journey for an adventurous trek across Australia with camels.
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The Crossing
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Susanna Janssen

Travel & Adventure
Memoir
Susanna Janssen's Once Upon a Continent offers another reflective travel memoir, chronicling South American adventures with cultural attentiveness and an explorer's perspective.
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Once Upon a Continent