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Lending a hand, seeing the world : memoir of an international volunteer
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Lending a hand, seeing the world : memoir of an international volunteer / Judith Love Schwab.
ISBN
9781476681399
1476681392
9781476640495
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : Toplight, [2021]
Physical Description
vii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
"Judith Love Schwab had many duties as an international volunteer, but some of the most memorable were following meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, collecting data on early gardens and buildings for archaeologists on Easter Island, helping care for underserved babies in Romania, teaching English in Poland, sifting for bones and shells in Portugal and working with severely disabled adults at an institution in Greece. While recounting these experiences, Schwab also examines the limitations imposed on her as a female growing up in the middle of the 20th century and the inhibitions she overcame to begin traveling in her fifties."-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 14, 2021
Contents
Introduction: How the travel seeds were planted and nourished
Poland, home for the first time
age 53 (1996)
Poland, crossing the pond alone
age 57 (2000)
Poland, the funniest robbery I ever experienced
age 59 (2002)
Mexico, tequila and beer ice cream
age 61 (2004)
Hungary, cold nights and public laundry
age 61 (2004)
Greece, doing what I couldn't do
age 62 (2005)
Romania, falling in baby love
age 63 (2006)
Brazil, what's a toy library?
age 64 (2007)
Armenia, apricots and rubble
age 65 (2008)
South Africa, following meerkats
age 67 (2010)
Easter Island, examining stone heads
age 68 (2011)
Cuba, ninety miles and a world away
age 69 (2012)
Colorado, digging in the dirt
age 74 (2017)
Portugal, ancient clams, fresh tomatoes and a countess
age 75 (2018)
Epilogue: Harvesting the fruit of the travel seeds.
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