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Chaya Milchtein

Hotels, meals and mechanics: My journey

In 2024, I traveled a lot — but that travel looked very different from prior years. I started the year with a plan: to organize and embark on a 16-city national book tour to celebrate the release of my book, “Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership,” all in just 28 days.

This book tour was different for a lot of reasons, but primarily because instead of signing books at libraries or bookstores, I held events in women-, queer- and POC-owned mechanic shops across the United States.

It was a whirlwind. I crisscrossed the country, starting on the West Coast, then heading to the East Coast, and finally finishing the tour at home in the Midwest. Along the way, I visited cities for the first time, returned to old favorites and saw a side of the country I never expected.

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