Elsewhere

Beautiful. A rucksack of memory gems that left my heart sore and full of wanderlust.

Beautiful. A rucksack of memory gems that left my heart sore and full of wanderlust.

Elsewhere is the perfect title for a travel book that is about more than just destinations. It’s about location and dislocation. And it is the sense of being away from the mundane world that makes the book special.

Beautifully authentic writing, full of humanity and gumption

Utterly engaging

Outstanding … this is without a doubt my book of the year. Exquisite, courageous, captivating

Boland brings us on a journey worth taking…strikingly candid…she certainly makes a thoughtful and engaging tour guide

Stunning … this multi-faceted book about travel, words, the heart and fate is, above all, a witness to the power of the human imagination

A stunning memoir, uplifting. Cannot recommend it highly enough

Vividly written, wryly humorous and most of all honest, Elsewhere is a tonic of a travel book

Rosita Boland is a senior features writer at the Irish Times, specialising in human interest stories. She was a 2009 Nieman Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. She won 'Journalist of the Year' at the 2018 Newsbrands Ireland journalism awards.