I read a lot of biographies and memoirs.
I especially enjoy reading about people who are from one place, and move to a completely different place, and how they adapt.
This has led me to a new type of memoir: travel ones.
The first one I read is called The Passport Project. The book is about a family with two young daughters who take a five-month trip during the school year to visit a variety of countries. The adventurous daughter is thrilled. The other daughter is adamantly opposed to the idea. She does not want to be aways from her friends and miss school events. But they go, and the book covers both the good and bad of international travel. At the end of each chapter there is a chart where the four members of the family list what they liked best and least of each country. The book is written by the mother, Kellie McIntyre. I guess it's considered a YA (young adult) book. I absolutely loved it.
Now I am reading Searching for Home by Judy Kashoff with photographs by her husband David. It's part of a three book series that chronicles their five years of travel around the globe. I am enjoying this book as well. Judy tells engaging stories that are enhanced by David's photos. Searching for Home is the third book in the series, but they are stand-alone books. I'm reading the third book first because I was able to read it for free on the Kindle app through Freebooksy.
I am including the covers of both books because the titles are longer than
what I included in this post.
I haven't had much of an opportunity to travel in my life, so I enjoy reading about the adventurous of others who are braver and heartier than me.
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