One American Woman Fifty Italian Men

A Journey of Cycling, Love, and Will

Lynne Ashdown

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Lynne Ashdown
03 March 2023

Biography: general; Biography: sport; Gender studies: women; Cycling; Adventure holidays

Series: The One American Woman

When Lynne Ashdown, her new lover, and more than fifty Italian male cyclists departed Italy in June of 1990, no one had yet ventured into the long-closed reaches of Eastern Europe since the falling of the Iron Curtain more than forty years before. They would be cycling almost a thousand miles from Verona, across Northern Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland to Warsaw, in just ten days.

One American Woman Fifty Italian Men tells not only of a sweeping journey of adventure, romantic disaster, and cultural collision, but also of a revelation of Ashdown's identity, forged by her will in the constant pain of trying to keep up with the men who were stronger. This trip back in time shows the stark contrasts between the world she knew as an American and the world she saw in impoverished Eastern Europe. This true story, rich with images of the countries they cycled through, describes the warmth and the cycling lives of the Italians, as well as the lives of people who lived under communism for so long and the values that survive all governments.

In One American Woman Fifty Italian Men, Ashdown conveys the aloneness of cycling over vast distances even in a spread-out pack, the growing pain and fatigue of each pedal-stroke, and the caring of the men for her and for each other. This journey draws us into a universal drama not just of cyclists, but also of hearts and possibilities.

By: Lynne Ashdown
Imprint: Lynne Ashdown
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 331g
ISBN: 9781733431408
ISBN 10: 1733431403
Series: The One American Woman
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 03 March 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Besides cycling across Eastern Europe, LYNNE ASHDOWN has cycled alone through Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Greece. Recently she walked 400 miles alone across northern Spain on the Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage Trail. She is a writer, a searcher, and an incurable adventurer, specializing in over-reaching. At 42 she earned her B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in (Third World) Development Studies, where she also studied journalism. She wrote always in the context of her work, taking inspiration from great writers, from years of seminars and writers' groups, and from her travels, writing her adventures for magazines and newspapers. She worked as a singer-guitarist while raising her children, and as a highly-certified feng shui practitioner for over twenty years. ""One American Woman Fifty Italian Men"" is her first book."