[chachacha]

in the book was her musing on her conversation with her mother when she realized that it had taken a lot of self discipline and sacrifice for her mother to have learned to live with and accept her father to make their marriage work. i think she grew up a little there...i also thought she was very lucky to have had her adventure and soul searching underwritten by her astute publisher as most of us could not afford this luxury. i did not think she was whiney, and appreciated what she tried to do for her balinese girlfriend and how she explained the cultural differences there. i do not agree that the word for rome is sex....i spent three months there last winter and did not get that impression at all....maybe i am too old!!!! i had never seen so many nuns and priests walking around the streets as i did in rome...very inspiring.