Going after Feta

GOING AFTER FETA is a modern INNOCENTS ABROAD, the story of an American family travelling across much of Europe, through France, Italy, Yugoslavia, & on to Greece. Their destination: an island in the Aegean. Emily, three years old, was not reluctant to point out when the group was lost or late; she managed to get carried often & regularly demanded to know what they were doing. Dylan was five & had already surpassed his father's inclination toward daydreaming, frequently lagging behind, stopping at curious sights: a sunning lizard, a dead pigeon; occasionally he wandered off. Robin was thirteen & a source of stability - provided all was consistent with her image of Europe, this image coming from SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE. The narrator, a suspicious & overnervous fellow, is a man almost but never quite fully at ease as he passes borders, flags down busses, interprets directions, chooses routes & means of travel. The bargaining goes badly. GOING AFTER FETA is a celebration of the exhilarating disorientation that comes with leaving surroundings & routines that may have become too comfortable, too familiar. Author & wife do not fit the contemporary image of the sophisticated traveler. Neither are they comic blunders. Rather, this is an unusual & exuberant narrative of an extraordinary "family outing," a year-long adventure undertaken by "Everyfamily." Order from: Nathaniel Austin Publishing Co., P.O. Box 506, Damariscotta, ME 04543; 207-563-8909.Davey, Lawrence is the author of 'Going after Feta' with ISBN 9780964145900 and ISBN 0964145901.