Doctor Becca Writes A Prescription

I had never read a travel book before nor did I ever think I would write a review of one, because I thought of them mainly as advertisments to go to some place or other and spend your money. However, after reading reviews of the author Lyn Fuchs, I found myself engrossed in Sacred Ground & Holy Water. I became his traveling companion, so that with every step he took into any land, I was just a step behind. I found his style unique and intriguing, laced with raw humor and sexual innuendo.

I was especially intrigued with his Azteca romance in The Winter of Our Content story - so passionate, so full of promise and so totally deflating when they ended their glorious affair. Thus, I had my downs and ups...

Then, there was the Booze, Blues & Bible-bangers tale. How many of us have been to the French Quarter to experience a transitional life we are unfamiliar with? I was engulfed in the sounds of jazz and blues, bending my elbow with a glass of booze, and hearing the cry of a seven-year-old son of a prostitute begging for money and promoting his mother's offer of a good time. How could I relate to that, except through the author's efforts to make these characters real. I could also taste the cajun cooking as new aromas filled the air and penetrated deep within me.

The cockfights in Dying With Dignity Mexican Style, which are familiar to few Americans, reeked of a lifestyle of crime, gambling, and blood-letting. Lyn brought them to life to such an extent I could actually feel and smell death in the air. I could go on and on describing his work, yet I would encourage each of you to read it for yourself. You will not be able to put it down!

Rebecca Rachel is a world-trekking fashion model and doctor of paleoanthropology, who lives in the wilderness with her wolf/husky crossbreed. She writes books combining mysticism, indigenous culture and primal sensuality, like the forthcoming Portals of Time: A Woman's Shamanic Vision. Though she keeps explaining the nature of her doctoral degree, Lyn insists on seeing her twice annually for check-ups plus whenever he has a boo-boo.