(Kind of long, sorry) I read all the Dorothy Gilman books when I was in my 20’s as my whole family loved them. Suddenly in the past few years during Covid and caretaking my mom, I found Mrs Pollifax not only still relevant but comforting to me.

I started rereading them during times of high stress. But lately I noticed that her travels as an unexpected CIA courier have basic political information about countries in the news today. I kind of skimmed that in the past, but now I find myself digging for maps as Mrs Pollifax does. I read the wiki on the places she’s traveled and people and leaders that are discussed in the book. Albania, China, Hong Kong. I know the books are fiction but they led me into the history.

I just wondered if anyone else has a certain book or series that did this for them, unexpectedly. Thanks