Have Mother, Will Travel: A Mother and Daughter Discover Themselves, Each Other, and the World (P.S.) Paperback – April 2, 2013

Since I am a mother who has twice traveled in Europe with my adult daughter l was drawn to this memoir. Reading it was like being there with them and hearing their individual thoughts as well as their conversations as they discuss their relationship and their feelings of frustration, joy and wonder. In addition to Europe they travel to far off places, such as Nepal, most of us will never see in person. I found the entire book completely captivating! The last chapters take place in Avignon, a place l would love to visit but at this point in my life never will. I am so thankful I got to see it through Claire and Mia’s eyes!

Love the idea that Mother and Daughter took this trip together; about 1/2 way through and enjoying the trip with them.

This book was recommended to me by a few ladies in the neighborhood - I probably wouldn't have picked it up, otherwise. But I'm so glad I did. I've recommended it to several others, in turn. I've underlined and highlighted the heck out of it because there are portions that are so convicting or thought provoking. It had me wrestling with my relationship with my mother as much as planning and hoping for my future and current relationship with my 8-yo daughter - and even gave me insights into adult parenting with my 20-yo son. I love the history and travel and food portions - the beautiful and whimsical descriptions of local beauty, or clothing, routines, rituals, or even sadness and hardship. The comedy found in some of their scavenger hunt adventures were also joyful. It was an all around delight, while still being deeply engaging. I definitely recommend.

Written concurrently from two different points of view kept the book moving due the variety of insights and info.

This book was a wonderful collaboration and relates strongly to the ways my daughter and I have chosen to travel together. We have written snippetts of our journeys, but this is a wonderful capture of the kind of event that occurs with mother and daughter who deeply share their lives and are fortunate enough to move from the family tie alone and into the arena of friendship and collaboration. We started our travels with Just Us which is a story of mother-daughter travel. It inspired a month-long trip through Maine that eventually brought in my daughter's step mom for the last part of the travel. The aspect of women traveling together only grows more delightful over the years and should NEVER be underplayed in its importance in the realms of both fun and intimacy.My thanks to both authors for how well they each shared their own temperments and perspectives not only of each other, but of the areas they traveled to.

I am so very thankful for Claire & Mia Fontaine's open honesty with this memoir as well as their previous one, Come Back: A Mother and Daughter's Journey to Hell and Back. Have Mother Will Travel is not only a beautiful testimony to the complex mother/daughter relationship, but it also has something to teach about being a daughter, a mother, a woman, and an advocate for women. Many of us, unfortunately, don't know all the signs about molestation--until it's too late. On a lighter note, the book has much humor throughout the heavy subjects. I especially enjoyed Claire's delightful depiction of the French. And, Mia: you are a brave young woman.

this is Clalre and Mia's 2nd book. Their life story is similar to mine and my daughter's. Mia was sexually abused when she was a child. in the 1st book, her recovery and return to her mother's trust is the main topic. now, several years later, the two of them travel the world while talking about their feelings, about each other's memories of events past. My daughter currently does not speak to me. i wish that one day, her and I couild follow in the footsteps of Calire and Mia, not just geographically, but mostly from the relationship and closeness point of view.I recommend this book to all mothers and daughters whose relationships are difficult. there is hope to break those walls and get your little girl back!Vera in Florida

This book was delicious -- it carried me away to a world rich with sensibilities I rarely make time for, a realm of sensation, emotion and humor that is nourishing to my heart, mind and soul. I kept asking myself, why, why don't I come more often to this place in myself, for the sheer pleasure of it? Claire paints with words, and whole interior cities are discovered. Mia corners the truth with a stroke of her intuitive wand, and voila! Clarity! Not to mention they're both hilarious in their own way! Life-affirming for any mother or daughter, yes, but for me the book was a gateway to a richer life. I didn't want it to end, and realized it didn't have to!

Shipped in a timely manner, and an excellent book.I started listening to it as an audiobook (read by the authors) and decided to purchase it. I look forward to reading it when I have daughters of my own.

共著者 Claire ＆ Mia Fontaineの2人は母と娘．娘のMiaがティーンエイジャーのころ，麻薬，セックス，暴力の世界に身を落とし，母親の必死の努力により更生，復活を果たしたエピソードを，2006年に "Come Back" という題名の，やはり共著のノンフィクションに著し，米国内外を講演してまわるなど話題となった．そしてそれぞれ30歳代，50歳代になった二人がそろって世界旅行にでかける，その道中記である．行程は，中国，マレーシア，ネパール，カイロ，ギリシアを経て，祖先の血であるフランスのアビニョンまで．旅行会社が主催するいわゆる "Scavenger Hunt" で，滞在先の各地で指定の場所を訪れたり，特定のイベントに参加してポイントをためて競うゲームのような旅行である．本文は二人が交互に，同じ場面をそれぞれの視点から書いている．内容の半分は，旅行先の風物，風俗習慣の描写，その土地の歴史や文化，ポイントゲットの苦労など旅行案内的な内容．半分は互いの相手への思い，親子とは，母子関係とは．．．といった母と娘の心情，葛藤に関する記述である．旅行案内の部分は，まあそれなりに面白いところもあるが，月並みな描写が多い．母娘の葛藤については，この問題に関心がある人，特に同じような立場にある女性なら興味を持てるのかもしれないが，一般的にはいかがなものか．というわけで自分には退屈としか言いようがなかった．後半は飛ばし読み．