Traveller's Firsts

Bárbara's splendid works of art accompany personal stories which highlight trips that required a leap of faith or marked a major life milestone.

As well as exploring a range of emotions, from the humorous to the more earnest, the essays reflect on how the trip impacted the writer. 'I Couldn't Grieve My Mother at Home, So I Grieved Her in Rome' and 'Returning to the Rural Puerto Rican Town I'd Struggled to Come Out In As a Teenager' are just two of the titles, providing a notable first in the traveller’s life.