From Manhattan to Madison, The Long Way Around: Changes and Challenges over a Lifetime - Couverture souple

Jacobs, Eleanor

 
9780595476671: From Manhattan to Madison, The Long Way Around: Changes and Challenges over a Lifetime
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595476678 ISBN 13 : 9780595476671
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

Eleanor Jacobs went abroad for the first time when she sailed to Panama to marry a fellow New Yorker and moved to Guatemala. Eleanor describes in amusing detail her crash course in household management and socializing with friends of dictators. The war years were spent in Trinidad, New York and Washington and saw the birth of her only daughter. She spent two years in Bombay, India, at a time of political unrest before settling down in Panama City, Panama, to juggle the demands of wife and mother and eventually that of career woman. Widowed at 54, her daughter married, Eleanor was recruited to the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) executive team in Madison, Wisconsin. She returned to the US after living abroad for 27 years, but a medical condition forced an early retirement. Her health continued to be a major challenge, both physically and spiritually, and she discusses the challenges of these years thoughtfully and philosophically. She has lived in a continuing care community in Madison since 1990, retaining her involvement with CUNA while developing new interests. The essays she wrote in her creative writing classes form the basis of this memoir.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Eleanor Jacobs went abroad for the first time when she sailed to Panama to marry a fellow New Yorker and moved to Guatemala. Eleanor describes in amusing detail her crash course in household management and socializing with friends of dictators. The war years were spent in Trinidad, New York and Washington and saw the birth of her only daughter. She spent two years in Bombay, India, at a time of political unrest before settling down in Panama City, Panama, to juggle the demands of wife and mother and eventually that of career woman. Widowed at 54, her daughter married, Eleanor was recruited to the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) executive team in Madison, Wisconsin. She returned to the US after living abroad for 27 years, but a medical condition forced an early retirement. Her health continued to be a major challenge, both physically and spiritually, and she discusses the challenges of these years thoughtfully and philosophically. She has lived in a continuing care community in Madison since 1990, retaining her involvement with CUNA while developing new interests. The essays she wrote in her creative writing classes form the basis of this memoir.

Biographie de l'auteur

Eleanor Jacobs grew up in New York City and spent most of her married life in Central America, the Caribbean and India. Widowed at 54, her daughter married, Eleanor began a new life and career in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1972. A resident of a continuing care community since 1990, she maintains many active interests in retirement.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595476678
ISBN 13 
9780595476671
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
292
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Personne responsable
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