Bailey Alexander takes the reader to so many places; to parties in Paris, Prague and Rome and along pilgrimages in the Eternal City and Bucharest. There’s a transatlantic voyage from the US to Gibraltar and yet the real drama begins in Seattle when her mother shares a family secret. Her confession makes Bailey feel like she’s been released from the womb all over again. This is truly when the adventures begins as Muv’s secret inspires a search to call another place home. The reader gets to play detective as Bailey’s odyssey includes a nomadic journey including half a dozen European capitals. Pathological grief inspires a trip to Auschwitz and it can feel like an emotional rollercoaster at times but eventually, after living in so many cities, Bailey finds her final destination in northwest Italy called Piemonte; the secret that needs to be told.

Or is that the final destination?

Bailey’s next book is called, The Personal Legends of Piemonte . Due out next fall.