Atlas Of The Human Heart: A Memoir

In this meditative memoir by "Hip Mama" creator Gore, a young woman finds themost foreign landscape she can explore is her own heart. 6 illustrations.

A meditative memoir by Hip Mama creator Ariel Gore that chronicles a young woman's cynical yet sanguine exploration of the most foreign of all landscapes: her heart Like lack Kerouac's intrepid little' sister, Ariel Gore spins the spirited story of a vulnerable drifter who takes refuge in fate and the shadowy recesses of a string of glittering broken relationships. With just a few pennies and her I Ching a change of clothes and a one-way ticket to Hong Kong, a perceptive, searching sixteen-year-old Gore makes her way from the sterile suffocation of the Silicon Valley through the labyrinthine customs of Cold-War China, wanders through bustling, electric Kathmandu, and hunkers down in an icy London squat with a prostitute and a boyfriend on the dole. Yet it is in the calm, verdant landscape of rural Italy where, pregnant and penniless, nineteen-year-old Gore's adventure truly begins. An illuminating glimpse into the boldly political Gore--creator of HipMama.com and Hip Mama magazine--this unflinching memoir offers a poignant exploration of the meaning of home and surveys the frontiers of both land and heart.