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Description
In these eight interconnected travel stories, journalist Gayle Forman traces the trajectory from her relatively comfortable life in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen to her sometimes extreme—and extremely personal—experiences in some of the most exotic spots on earth In this extraordinary memoir—now... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“"Globalization has brought a certain amount of stability to a turbulent world. As Thomas L. Friedman, the guru of globalization, noted in The Lexus and the Olive Tree, no two countries that both had a McDonald's have gone to war with each other."”
First Sentence
Twelve weeks before my husband, Nick, and I were due to leave for our long-planned, round-the-world adventure, hijackers sent a trio of airplanes careening into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and might have smashed a fourth plane into the Capitol were it not for a handful of brave passengers.
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- Gayle Forman (Author)
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