A wandering, gentle story that chronicles one Seattle woman's stay in Germany with her acquaintances and friend-becoming-lover Dirk. Bits and pieces of a bohemian lifestyle, somewhat idyllic, somewhat lonely, lightly tinted with drugs, but rather believable as well. Recommended for people who like On the Road, but want something more subdued and from a female perspective.
Like reading the private diary of someone you met while backpacking around Europe. I'm torn between smirking at the innocent romanticism and sighing with longing to live in such an enchanted youthfulness again.