Taking the Long Way Home: A Peace Corps Memoir of Brazil

In the 1970s, a wannabe hippie with a rootless, dysfunctional childhood searched for peace amid campus protests and cultural upheaval. Just weeks from earning her journalism degree, she aced a life-changing decision: let her new husband be drafted to Vietnam or join him in the Peace Corps and leave the U.S. behind. This is the true story of a young American couple’s transformative journey to Northeast Brazil as Peace Corps volunteers. Now, decades later, the author reflects on the challenges her generation once again faces about democracy and America’s role on the world stage. Available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLTBY5VP