Rachael Weiss Books

Set against the backdrop of a charming European city, this memoir captures the author's humorous journey of self-discovery and adaptation. With a focus on the cultural quirks of a place that cherishes beer and potatoes, the narrative explores the ups and downs of building a new life abroad. The author's wit and insight provide an entertaining perspective on the challenges and joys of embracing a different lifestyle.

A smart and very funny memoir about the highs and lows of trying to establish a life in a place that values beer and potatoes above everything else.

The story features Rachael and Julie, two single friends navigating life's adventures on a lively road trip. Their journey includes bike rides to impress a charming tour guide and memorable experiences in a Korean bathhouse. With humor and warmth, the narrative explores themes of friendship, self-discovery, and the pursuit of happiness in a couple-centric world, showcasing the joy found in shared laughter and scenic moments.

Armed with a romantic soul and a pressing need to escape her overbearing family, Rachael Weiss heads for Prague with vague plans to write a great novel and perhaps, just perhaps, fall madly in love with an exotic Czech man with high cheekbones. They make it seem so easy, those other women who write of uprooting themselves from everything they know, crossing the world and forming effortless friendships with strangers—despite not understanding a word they say—while reinventing themselves in beautiful European cities. So it's not surprising that Rachael is completely unprepared for the realities that confront her in her strange new world. However, in this warm and witty tale of life in a foreign land, Rachael, somewhat to her own surprise, finds herself gradually creating a second home in Prague, complete with an eccentric and unlikely tribe of extended family and friends; and realizes along the way that while she's been striving so hard to become someone else, she has inadvertently grown to rather like the person she has always been.