****** - Verified Buyer
4.5
This book is a touching saga of the author’s life journey, from which there is a lot we can learn. Her fascinating existence is filled with interesting people and work, thought-provoking discoveries, and adventure. Her childhood growing up with second-generation Portuguese parents in a suburban Boston mill town is filled with colorful anecdotes and insight into family dynamics. Abundant travel has taken her to many parts of the globe where she explored new territories and cultures as well as her own heart. She is very self-disclosing about both her joys and her struggles in personal relationships and professional life. The forthright sharing of hard-earned wisdom on the issue of loneliness is very relatable, as well as comforting, as we realize that we are not alone in that struggle. I highly recommend this book as an entertaining, enlightening read as well as an aid in self-reflection.