Dear exile: The true story of two friends separated (for a year) by the ocean
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A funny and moving story told through the letters of two women nurturing a friendship as they are separated by distance, experience, and time. Close friends and former college roommates, Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery promised to write when Kate's Peace Corps assignment took her to Africa. Over the course of a single year, they exchanged an offbeat and moving series of letters from rural Kenya to New York City and back again. Kate, an idealistic teacher, meets unexpected realities ranging from poisonous snakes and vengeful cows to more serious hazards: a lack of money for education; a student body in revolt. Hilary, braving the singles scene in Manhattan, confronts her own realities, from unworthy suitors to job anxiety and first apartment woes. Their correspondence tells—with humor, warmth, and vivid personal detail—the story of two young women navigating their twenties in very different ways, and of the very special friendships we are sometimes lucky enough to find.
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Subjects
Biography & Autobiography
Correspondence
Description and travel
Electronic books
Liftin, Hilary
Liftin, Hilary. -- Correspondence
Montgomery, Kate
Montgomery, Kate. -- Correspondence
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Nonfiction
Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Kenya -- Ramisi
Personal correspondence
Ramisi (Kenya) -- Description and travel
Ramisi (Kenya) -- Social life and customs
Social life and customs
Travel
Correspondence
Description and travel
Electronic books
Liftin, Hilary
Liftin, Hilary. -- Correspondence
Montgomery, Kate
Montgomery, Kate. -- Correspondence
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Nonfiction
Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Kenya -- Ramisi
Personal correspondence
Ramisi (Kenya) -- Description and travel
Ramisi (Kenya) -- Social life and customs
Social life and customs
Travel
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9780375703676
9780375726088
9780375726088
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Grouping Title | dear exile the true story of two friends separated for a year |
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series | Vintage departures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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subject_facet | Biography & Autobiography Correspondence Electronic books Liftin, Hilary. -- Correspondence Montgomery, Kate. -- Correspondence New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs Nonfiction Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Kenya -- Ramisi Personal correspondence Ramisi (Kenya) -- Description and travel Ramisi (Kenya) -- Social life and customs Travel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Dear exile : the true story of two friends separated (for a year) by an ocean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Dear exile : the true story of two friends separated (for a year) by an ocean / Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery Dear exile [electronic resource] : The true story of two friends separated (for a year) by the ocean. Hilary Liftin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Dear exile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | The true story of two friends separated (for a year) by the ocean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Biography & Autobiography Description and travel Liftin, Hilary Montgomery, Kate Nonfiction Social life and customs Travel |