Tales of a Female Nomad

Living at Large in the World

By: Rita Golden Gelman

Narrated by: Rita Golden Gelman

Tales of a Female Nomad is the story of Rita Golden Gelman, an ordinary woman who is living an extraordinary existence. At the age of 48, on the verge of a divorce, Rita left an elegant life in Los Angeles to follow her dream of connecting with people in cultures all over the world. In 1986, she sold her possessions and became a nomad, living in a Zapotec village in Mexico, sleeping with sea lions on the Galapagos Islands, and residing everywhere from thatched huts to regal palaces. She has observed orangutans in the rain forest of Borneo, visited trance healers and dens of black magic, and cooked with women on fires all over the world. Rita's example encourages us all to dust off our dreams and rediscover the joy, the exuberance, and the hidden spirit that so many of us bury when we become adults.

©2001 Rita Golden Gelman (P)2014 Tantor

Critic reviews

"An idiosyncratic but exuberant homage to wanderlust." ( Kirkus)

Inspirational

If you like “Eat, Pray, Love” you will loooove Rita’s book and the reading of it!

I felt that I was experiencing her journey with her and became more and more courageous with her as the book progressed.

Rita shows that you can live a different kind of life. A life full of eye and heart opening moments if your soul is open to it. She looks for and has experienced cultures in a way that people usually open up to her, but if they don’t she is not personally offended.

If you are a person who loves all the goodness you know people have inside them and exploring diverse people and cultures, please listen to her book and enjoy how brave she is to live an open, accepting and experiential life!

Thank you for taking me with you Rita!!

Interesting, educational and very engaging!

If you like to travel and experience new cultures, you will thoroughly enjoy reading of Rita's stories of her experiences in different countries and cultures... on a personal basis because she traveled and stayed with individuals all over the world! Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Israel, Bali, Indonesia and Thailand... are a few of those she visited. She breaks down the walls between Americans and the rest of the world. She recommends travel for all to help us connect with, and understand better, those who are different from ourselves. This book made me want to meet... and travel with her!

wonderful story

I am sorry to see this book finished it was a delight traveling with Rita. I am an 85 year old world Traveler who also doesn't like tours. Blessings blessings as she

Excellent

Loved the book. Great story of a journey and life decisions. Fascinating and true story.

I understand this!

I loved it all. I’m a female traveler, mostly by myself. I meet up with others on occasion and also travel w a special friend- but my heart is absorbing all of what I just listened to and I’ll begin making new goals. I too have felt the need to become a global citizen. I now have the time, the courage and the motivation to try to explore and to leave some sort of “mark”. Thank you Rita for sharing your story and inspiring me to try to do better.