Smiling at the World
Joyce Major
Alegro Books
Seattle, Washington (info@alegropublishing.com)
9780979974007, $12.95,www.alegropublishing.com
A year around the world, visiting countless nations, helping
countless people and animals, and picking up countless odd-jobs--makes
most readers past years seem tame and unexciting. "Smiling at the
World: A Woman's Passionate Yearlong Quest for Adventure and
Love" is author Joyce Major's account of leaving a successful
career and comfortable life to go around the world alone, calling her
act 'volun-tourism' and doing everything she could to help the
planet while swimming in an ocean of new experiences. "Smiling at
the World: A Woman's Passionate Yearlong Quest for Adventure and
Love" is highly recommended to armchair travelers who want a fresh
travelogue and for community library travel and memoir shelves.
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