JourneyWoman Book Club: "The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty" by Vendela Vida

Join us for our September Book club, hosted by Wendy and Sally.

The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty, by Vendela Vida – set in Morocco

Published in March 2016

On the run from a traumatic past, a woman is robbed in Casablanca – losing her passport, cash, credit cards, laptop and more – setting off a chain of noir events. Written in the second person (you), this book has been described as “part glamorous travelogue, part slow-burn mystery,” “insanely funny,” and “a spellbinding literary thriller that probes the essence and malleability of identity.”

This month our special guest is Sama Abdi from Intrepid Travel, who will share her thoughts about traveling to Morocco. Sama recently hosted Intrepid's first-ever BIPOC mentorship trip to Morocco with our friends at Womenintravel CIC.

Sama says "As a Black, Muslim woman (a triple threat, as my mother would say), I never really saw myself or people like me represented. From visiting @efa_morocco, a not-for-profit organization on a mission to empower young girls from rural communities in the High Atlas Mountains on our very first day, to our farewell dinner at Al Fassia, the first female-led restaurant in Marrakech, and all the incredible women we met along the way, almost every aspect of this trip was a crucial reminder of just how important it is to empower and celebrate women."

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