What constitutes travel? Two weeks in a foreign city or a year of Sunday drives? Returning to the places you love or stopping by the side of the road to jump into a unfamiliar creek? Going with your significant other or with a group of acquaintances who become fast friends during the experience? Author Linda Jenkins has done it all in her 17-year marriage to Tim, several years her junior and on a wavelength all his own. This captivating collection of essays and poetry - supported by wonderful photographs and helpful tips for travelers - not only looks at the ups and downs and adventure of travel, but also tells a tale of surviving a marriage and keeping friendships strong even when the circumstances aren't always ideal.Up At the Villa takes readers to far-flung places, but it also takes us home again to explore the true places of the heart. Funny and poignant, Up At the Villa is ultimately the story of every woman's journey with the person she loves, for better and worse.
Essayist, poet and playwright Linda Dini Jenkins is the author of two full-length books, Up at the Villa: Travels with my Husband and Journey of a Returning Christian: Writing Into God. She has been published in a wide range of journals, newspapers and literary magazines, including Vermont Voices, South Florida Poetry Review, Phoebe: A Journal of Feminist Scholarship Theory & Aesthetics, Poeti italo-americani e italo-canadesi, Tampa Review, Peregrine, Writer to Writer, Color Wheel/Mink Hills Journal, Bay Windows and Christmas Blessings. She is also the author of the one-act play, "Things I Never Told My Mother" and is co-author, with Barbara Worton, of the highly acclaimed play, "If I'm Talking, Why Aren't You Listening?" Linda lives in Midlothian, Virginia with her husband, Timothy and their dog, Maxine.
