"On the Go with Heidi" Travel-Book Club

Favorite books that provide insight into the culture and history of the countries in which they are set and make me want to travel there.
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A philosophical best-selling novel
A philosophical best-selling novel Starting and ending in Switzerland yet delving into Lisbon, the novel tells of questioning the world one knows and leaving one’s comfort zone to travel and explore another time, country and its people.
A tragic romance novel
Set in northern Mexico, the author tells the tale of a young girl who must follow family traditions at the cost of her own happiness and who uses cooking to cope when she cannot marry the love of her life.
A wonderfully atmospheric historical fiction
Set in the Netherlands during its Golden Age in the 1600s, this novel makes you feel like you’ve stepped back in time to accompany a maid who becomes an assistant to Johannes Vermeer who he then depicts in his famous painting.
A mystic novel of desert travel and finding oneself
Follow the adventures of a shepherd boy who travels pursuing dreams, symbols, and signs through the Moroccan desert and beyond to self-discovery.
A historical Greek love story
This wonderful WWII period novel about the occupation of Greece by Italian forces is also a story of goodness, perseverance, and love that was turned into a movie. #bestbooks #onthegowithheidi #culturalawareness #greatbooks
The top-selling novel in Italian history
The historical novel tells of a nobleman caught in a revolution and of the great changes in Sicilian life and society during the 19th-century movement that resulted in the consolidation of Italy into a single state. #onthegowithheidi #greatbooks #bestbooks #culturalawareness
A heart-warming novel about the WWII occupation of the English Channel Islands.
A London journalist corresponds with and then visits a group of friends who band together to endure the German occupation through books. #greatbooks #onthegowithheidi #culturalawareness #bestbooks
A multi-generational family drama set near Trondheim, Norway
A scattered family is brought back together on a rural Norwegian farm in tumultuous fashion, revealing much about the culture of Norway’s north. Click to read more about Norway. #onthegowithheidi #bestbooks #culturalawareness #greatbooks
1st in a wonderfully entertaining series of books set in Scotland's capital
Fun, light reading series set in Edinburgh, about a curious sleuth who will take you along and immerse you in the country's culture. Click to read more about Scotland. #bestbooks #culturalawareness #onthegowithheidi
Pulitzer Prize winning novel set in France
Set on the northern French coast, Anthony Doerr's award-winning novel tells a hopeful story of a French girl and a German boy whose paths collide during wartime. Click to read more about France. #greatbooks #onthegowithheidi #culturalawareness
A beautiful novel with an autobiographical background
Norwegian-American author Linn Ullman writes in novel form about an unusual childhood with famous parents, especially about summers spent on a Swedish island with an idolized father. Click to read more about Sweden. #onthegowithheidi #greatbooks #culturalawareness
Award-winning novel set in Berlin, Germany
Tells the captivating tale of a family through three generations against the backdrop of political upheaval in eastern Germany. Click to read more about Germany. #greatbooks #culturalawareness #onthegowithheidi
Favorite Danish Author
Karen Blixen is a favorite Danish author, and her "Seven Gothic Tales" tells quite a bit about Denmark and Danish culture. Click to read more about Denmark. #onthegowithheidi #culturalawareness #greatbooks