Lisa A Dailey

"Square Up: 50,000 miles in search of a way home" is not your average travel memoir. In the space of 5 years, the author loses 7 relatives to death. She finds herself falling into a dark hole, unable to cope, turning to alcohol. Realizing this can not continue, she decides maybe it is time to take that long planned trip around the world trip with her husband and two teenage sons, maybe it will help to pull her life in order.
As the trip continues, the whole family's spirits start to rise. We follow their many adventures. After a mundane start, staying with friends and relatives, filling their days with swimming and the beach albeit in exotic Hawaii and Guam, they become more adventurous and courageous and get themselves into fairly "hairy" situations holding scorpions and tarantulas, then eating the latter! Finally inner peace comes while trekking in Nepal and visiting Buddhist monks. It's a dream holiday that only a few of us can ever experience. I would love to experience just a few of the countries, that they do!
Along the way the author gains confidence in herself and tries to not fall into the same trap that her parents did in their relationship with her. Not only is this a trip of 50,000 physical miles, but it's a long spiritual voyage to become healthy and find inner peace.
If you like travel memoirs and journeys dealing with personal growth, this book is for you.… (mehr)