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Circling Home: What I Learned by Living Elsewhere
Circling Home: What I Learned by Living Elsewhere
Terry Repak
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When Terry Repak and her husband moved to West Africa with two small children at the height of the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s, she seized the opportunity to connect with people of other cultures and bear witness to the ravages of the disease. Circling Home chronicles the adventures and challenges of raising children to be global citizens and trying to find home in countries as diverse as Ivory Coast, Tanzania, and Switzerland. Her memoir spotlights the complexity, struggles, and profound lessons at the heart of the expat journey.

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Genre: 

  • Nonfiction

Age Level: 

  • Adult
Circling Home: What I Learned by Living Elsewhere review by Balashl
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Balashl

Terry A. Repak’s Circling Home: What I Learned by Living Elsewhere engages the reader through her unique memoir as a mother of two young children who travels with Stefan, her husband and CDC epidemiologist, to Abidjan, Ivory Coast in West Africa. After living in Africa until the age of six with his refugee Polish parents, Stefan fulfills his dream of helping people during the AIDS crisis in the early nineties. Terry decides to put her writing career on hold to care for her newly adopted young daughter and accompany Stefan as he works for the CDC.

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Circling Home: What I Learned by Living Elsewhere review by Bibliobustle
Bibliobustle

Circling Home: What I Learned by Living Elsewhere by Terry A. Repak is a reflective memoir about the author’s personal journey of self-discovery, identity, and belonging, shaped by her experiences of living in various parts of the world. The narrative not only explores the physical act of relocation but also delves into the emotional and psychological shifts that occur when constantly moving and trying to define "home."

Rating:
5
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Content Rating:

Content rating - some mature content
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