At Home on the Kazakh Steppe: A Peace Corps Memoir - Softcover

Givens, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1508767793 ISBN 13: 9781508767794

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Just when her life felt right: new career, new home, new grandchildren, Janet Givens leaves it all behind and follows her new husband into the Peace Corps.  Assigned to Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country finding its own way after generations under Soviet rule, Givens must also find a way to be in a world different from what she knew. And what she expected.  Stresses of a difficult new language, surprising cultural differences, and unexpected changes in her husband lead her to question the loss of all she's given up. Will it be worth it?

About this title

From the Back Cover:

When a mid-fifties grandmother follows her husband of just three years into the Peace Corps, she leaves behind a promising new career, her home, two brand-new grandbabies, and her beloved dog.  Assigned to Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country finding its own way after generations under Soviet rule, she too must find a way to be in a world different from what she knew.  Feeling the stresses of a difficult new language, surprising cultural differences, and unexpected changes in her husband, Givens questions the loss of all she's given up. Will it be worth it?

About the Author:

Janet Givens was born in northern New Jersey at the beginning of the baby boomer generation. She shares her life with Woody Starkweather in the Green Mountains of Vermont, USA. When she is not writing, she sings tenor in the local hospice choir, digs in the soil somewhere on her 30 acres, edits her husband's latest novel, and enjoys being Grandma Janet to five. Oh yes; she loves that she is her dog Sasha's favorite human. 

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1508767793
• ISBN 13: 9781508767794
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 252