The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride

You've heard me talk about reading this one for over a year. The time has come! Note that this is a bit longer than our typical read, so don't wait until the last minute to get started.

The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride Through Europe and the Middle East
Author: Rebecca Lowe
416 pages
Rating: 4.2 Goodreads

Summary: In 2015, as the Syrian War raged and the refugee crisis reached its peak, Rebecca Lowe set off on her bicycle across the Middle East. Driven by a desire to learn more about this troubled region and its relationship with the West, Lowe's 11,000-kilometre journey took her through Europe to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, the Gulf and finally to Iran.

It was an odyssey through landscapes and history that captured her heart, but also a deeply challenging cycle across mountains, deserts and repressive police states that nearly defeated her. Plagued by punctures and battling temperatures ranging from -6 to 48C, Lowe was rescued frequently by farmers and refugees, villagers and urbanites alike, and relied almost entirely on the kindness and hospitality of locals to complete this living portrait of the modern Middle East

We will meet at 7pm on Tuesday, April 14 at:
TBD

I will be there early- I have short brown hair and glasses, and will be carrying a copy of the book.