Life-changing trekking fiction has got another boost with British author Carole Matthew's new novel With or Without You that transports readers to the Himalaya. This is an enlightening personal journey with quite a few laughs along the way. While huffing and puffing up Himalayan trails, neurotic, urban, recently dumped editor Lyssa Aleen tries desperately to win back her boyfriend from the gorgeous young outdoorsy type who swept him away. As her assumptions are challenged by the American tour guide who serves as a catalyst for her transformation, Lyssa wonders if she can ever return to the old life she now sees with new eyes. When it's time to go home, she has the chance to find out . and faces the hardest decision of her life. (Red Dress Ink, $17.95 ISBN: 0373895453, not yet available in Kathmandu stores).