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'Armed only with a romantic soul and a pressing need to escape her overbearing family, Rachael Weiss heads for Prague in search of her Bohemian roots, with vague plans to write the next great Australian 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. Initially starry-eyed, she quickly has to grapple with perplexing plumbing, extraordinarily rude checkout chicks, and the near-incomprehensible Czech language.

'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 realises 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.

'Me, Myself & Prague is a sweet and surprising memoir of discovering hope, self, family and friendship, Czech-style. (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2008 .
      Extent: 336p.
      ISBN: 9781741148206 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

A Little Flight Reading Barry Oliver , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 May 2008; (p. 5)

— Review of Me, Myself and Prague : An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia Rachael Weiss , 2008 single work autobiography
This Week's Selections Craig Cook , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 April 2008; (p. 12)

— Review of Me, Myself and Prague : An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia Rachael Weiss , 2008 single work autobiography
Armchair Journey Kate Duthie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 March 2008; (p. 5) The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 March 2008; (p. 5)

— Review of Me, Myself and Prague : An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia Rachael Weiss , 2008 single work autobiography
Book of the Week Lucy Sussex , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 March 2008; (p. 29)

— Review of Me, Myself and Prague : An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia Rachael Weiss , 2008 single work autobiography
Untitled Katie Horner , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 87 no. 6 2008; (p. 40)

— Review of Me, Myself and Prague : An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia Rachael Weiss , 2008 single work autobiography
Untitled Katie Horner , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 87 no. 6 2008; (p. 40)

— Review of Me, Myself and Prague : An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia Rachael Weiss , 2008 single work autobiography
Book of the Week Lucy Sussex , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 March 2008; (p. 29)

— Review of Me, Myself and Prague : An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia Rachael Weiss , 2008 single work autobiography
Armchair Journey Kate Duthie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 March 2008; (p. 5) The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 March 2008; (p. 5)

— Review of Me, Myself and Prague : An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia Rachael Weiss , 2008 single work autobiography
This Week's Selections Craig Cook , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 April 2008; (p. 12)

— Review of Me, Myself and Prague : An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia Rachael Weiss , 2008 single work autobiography
A Little Flight Reading Barry Oliver , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 May 2008; (p. 5)

— Review of Me, Myself and Prague : An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia Rachael Weiss , 2008 single work autobiography
Last amended 12 Mar 2008 16:30:08
Subjects:
  • Prague,
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    Czech Republic,
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    Eastern Europe, Europe,
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