Braver than you think : around the world on the trip of my (mother's) life
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2020.
Format
Books
Edition
First hardcover edition.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Sandown Public Library | TRAVEL Essays/ Travelogues DOW | Available in Coop |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Family relationships.
Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Backpacking.
Downs, Maggie -- Family.
Downs, Maggie -- Travel.
Mothers and daughters -- United States.
Parent and adult child -- United States.
Terminally ill parents -- United States.
Voyages around the world.
Women authors -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Backpacking.
Downs, Maggie -- Family.
Downs, Maggie -- Travel.
Mothers and daughters -- United States.
Parent and adult child -- United States.
Terminally ill parents -- United States.
Voyages around the world.
Women authors -- Biography.
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2020.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Street Date
2005
Language
English
Notes
Description
"Braver Than You Think is the life-affirming story of how Downs, newly married and established in her career as a journalist, quits her job, sells her belongings, and embarks on the solo trip of a lifetime: Her mother's. Over the course of one year backpacking through seventeen countries - visiting all the places her mother, struck with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, cannot visit herself - Maggie faces some of the world's most exotic locales while confronting the slow loss of her mother and the close bond they shared. Interweaving travelogue with memories of her family, Braver Than You Think takes the reader hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, whitewater rafting down the Nile, volunteering at a monkey sanctuary in Bolivia, praying at an ashram in India, and fleeing the Arab Spring in Egypt. By embarking on a global journey, Downs embraces what it means to make every moment count - traveling around the globe and home again, losing a parent while discovering the world"--
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Downs, M. (2020). Braver than you think: around the world on the trip of my (mother's) life (First hardcover edition.). Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Downs, Maggie. 2020. Braver Than You Think: Around the World On the Trip of My (mother's) Life. Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Downs, Maggie. Braver Than You Think: Around the World On the Trip of My (mother's) Life Counterpoint, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Downs, Maggie. Braver Than You Think: Around the World On the Trip of My (mother's) Life First hardcover edition., Counterpoint, 2020.
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