My Life As a Nomad
Mary Smith
(Author)
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Description
Mary Smith was born and raised in a country behind the Iron Curtain. She lived in a tiny apartment and shared a bedroom with her parents during the frigid winter months. She wore school uniforms and red pioneer ties. She ate variations of potato dishes, stood in line for a loaf of bread, carried heavy blocks of ice during the hot summer days, played hide-and-seek with the children in the building, and thought that life was wonderful. Her nonconformist parents, however, talked of a world beyond the Iron Curtain and planned to escape to a place where they thought they would find freedom.My Life As a Nomad recounts Mary's peregrinations through five countries on three continents that began in 1964. What started as an adventure full of promises, evolved as a perennial search for a "home" amid the customs and traditions of an unfamiliar world.
"Adam was but human - this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent."
Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
"The quality of mercy... is twice bless'd;
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes the throned monarch better than his crown."
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Product Details
Price
$19.95
$18.55
Publisher
Austin Macauley
Publish Date
February 28, 2022
Pages
338
Dimensions
6.14 X 9.21 X 0.7 inches | 1.04 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781398441071
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Mary Smith is the creator of the popular gluten-free blog Mary's Whole Life and the author of Quick Prep Paleo. She has collaborated on sponsored posts with well-known brands like Shadybrook Farms, Jovial Foods, Sprouts, Jones Dairy Farm and Good Foods. She lives in Westminster, Maryland.