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SAMPLE BOOK REVIEW
Smiling at World: A Woman’s Passionate Yearlong
Quest for Love and Adventure.”
Have you ever wanted to leave everything behind and travel
the world? Smiling at World: A Woman’s Passionate
Yearlong Quest for Love and Adventure (Alegro Publishing,
ISBN 978-0-9799740-0-7. $12.95, 354 pages, 11/2007) will
inspire you to pack your bags, to learn and to give back
to the world.
Major takes us through a yearlong global adventure using
volunteering as her form of traveling with a goal of learning
about a culture from the inside out. The reader is riveted
by her enticing descriptions of 11 different volunteer
projects across the globe.
Along with sensitivity to each different culture, Major
learns about the primate trade, endangered baboons, rescued
kangaroos, elephants and lions. She learns about other
cultures while teaching English in China, working on sustainability
in New Zealand and restoration in Italy.
Major’s style is full of vivid descriptions that
bring you into each country and each project filling you
with anticipation as in Chapter 10. “Sensible Joyce
kept asking herself what she was doing sitting with a
bunch of wild baboons with large sharp teeth and strong
arms! Breathing slowly I was starting to feel a little
bit calmer and then things changed dramatically.”
With the day to day glimpses into life at the various
projects, you can imagine yourself on a volunteer project
and perhaps discover an entirely new way to see the world.
Whether your dream is to work with orphans, feed baby
lions or teach English in Asia, Smiling at the World will
inspire you and undoubtedly make you smile. Perhaps you’ll
even start packing your suitcase for your own ‘voluntourism’
adventure.
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If you would like to schedule a radio or TV interview,
please contact info@smilingattheworld.com
to arrange an appointment. The author is also available
for freelance assignments.
