Community Corner
Armchair Discovery for the New Year
These reads are on the shelf at the Sachem Public Library, waiting to be picked up.
A new year approaches. Do you dream of starting over? Though it might not be feasible to leave it all behind, at least you can live vicariously through the stories of five brave souls who did. Gain the wisdom of their experience without leaving home.
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (2006): Dissatisfied with her life, journalist Elizabeth Gilbert divorces her husband and embarks on a year-long journey of self-discovery, nourishing her stomach in Italy, her soul in India, and her spirit in Indonesia, where she finds new love.
A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman, by Joan Anderson (2000): A transformative year alone in a Cape Cod cottage leads an "unfinished woman" to hard-earned wisdom, helping her find direction, revitalize her marriage, and rediscover her potential.
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A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance, by Marlena de Blasi (2006): Marlena de Blasi, a divorced American chef and food-writer, is spotted by a handsome stranger in Venice, and soon sells her home, quits her job, and leaves her comfortable midwestern existence behind to start a new life in the most romantic and beautiful of cities.
The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes (2007): What makes certain foods taboo in some cultures but delicacies in others? A fascination with the diverse cuisines of the world leads British food critic Tom Parker Bowles on this year-long journey in search of the world's most unusual, disturbing, and dangerous foods.
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A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller, by Frances Mayes (2006): The best-selling author of Under the Tuscan Sun leaves her beloved Tuscany behind for a year of world travel, with stops in Spain, Portugal, France, Britain, Turkey, Greece, southern Italy, and North Africa. She captures the true essence of each locale, living among ordinary residents and wandering the back streets.