Living with Strangers (Paperback)

Robin Rosenbluth

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: She Writes Press, 2026

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Paperback. A debut memoirists hopeful and brave coming-of-age story of surviving a turbulent youthneglected first by her father, then as a teen in foster careand going on to find a sense of belonging and a new lease on life in a semi-nomadic Kenyan community.Eager to leave her life as a foster child behind, Robin Rosenbluth travels to a remote village in northern Kenya called Songa in 1973. As a white college student, she arrives in a desert-like environment to teach elementary school to Samburu and Rendille children. While befriending the residents, she learns to live in a mud hut, survive without modern conveniences, skin a cow, and kill a chicken for dinner. Robin weaves stories about the challenges she faced growing upher mothers early death, her fathers abandonment, and her years in foster carewith her account of her time in Songa. As the only Jewish resident in a village influenced by Christian missionaries, she strives to fit in: adapting to the intense heat, endless insects, and close encounters with wild animals. Over time, she develops close friendships with a local teacher and a woman who becomes her surrogate mother, participates in local customs, and makes a place for herself in Songa. Offering vivid insight into why a love-starved nineteen-year-old from New York City would choose to relocate to the other side of the world, Living with Strangers is a poignant chronicle of one young womans search for a place to belong. A debut memoirists hopeful and brave coming-of-age story of surviving a turbulent youth neglected first by her father, then as a teen in foster care and going on to find a sense of belonging and a new lease on life in a semi-nomadic Kenyan community. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …

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Titolo
Living with Strangers (Paperback)
Autore
Robin Rosenbluth
Editore
She Writes Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 13
9798896361886

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