Paperback. Pub Date: 07 Pages: 336 Publisher: Harper Perennial When she lands a coveted nonpaying nonspeaking role in a play going on a European tour. Rachel Shukert - with a and-new degree in Acting from NYU and no money - finally scores her big eak. And. after a fluke at customs in Vienna. she gets her golden ticket: an unstamped passport. giving her free rein to find herself on a grand tour of Europe. Traveling from Vienna to Zurich to Amsterdam . Rachel bounces through complicated relationships. drunken mishaps. miscommunication. and the reality-adjusting culture shock that every twentysomething faces when sent off to negotiate the real world - whatever that may be.