| After spending most of her publishing career in a | | | | logistical and financial issues, the story was a success |
| cubicle, Holly Morris decided to quit her day job and | | | | and her initial film sequence was picked up by PBS |
| start Adventure Divas. She and her mother, who had | | | | and later made into a documentary series. The most |
| a career in broadcasting, rounded up a crew of | | | | interesting interviews take place in the first half of |
| like-minded individuals and searched the globe to find | | | | the book, with people who are hard to find and |
| true "divas." For Morris a "diva" was a woman who | | | | harder to interview. Some of the figures include Black |
| had done or was doing extraordinary things to | | | | Panther exiles, authors, and various human rights |
| promote human rights. Adventure Divas: Searching | | | | activists. |
| the Globe for Women Who Are Changing the World | | | | Although the interviews are interesting - and the |
| is a non-fiction account of this journey from desk job | | | | stories of getting lost, losing the film, and losing the |
| to Cuba, to India, and beyond. Along the way she | | | | interview are told with charm - the book becomes |
| deals with interpersonal conflicts with her mother and | | | | repetitive toward the end. Monetary issues are |
| with financial issues traveling abroad. | | | | quickly resolved, the mother-daughter issues lack |
| To finance this dream project, Morris did odd jobs | | | | conflict, and the most interesting interviews occur |
| such as head-hunting head hunters in Borneo and | | | | early in the diva search. I found myself skimming the |
| being a broadcaster on a Matterhorn climb. Always up | | | | last half of the book, yearning for it to be as |
| for the adventure, Morris recounts these experiences | | | | interesting as the first half. |
| with a light heart, even when things don't go as | | | | This book was not awful, but it was not great either. |
| planned - which they rarely do. Quirky and | | | | Perfect for light reading or another excuse to quit |
| lighthearted, this book is part adventure, part travel, | | | | that desk job, Adventure Divas: Searing the Globe |
| and part human interest stories centered around | | | | for Women Who are Changing the World works well |
| women's rights and human rights in general. | | | | as a female travel-adventure book with some great |
| Morris's interviews were conducted throughout the | | | | interviews. |
| globe, with the first one in Cuba. Despite serious | | | | |