Circling Home by Terry A Repak
When Terry Repak and her husband moved to West Africa with two small children at the height of the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s, she seized the opportunity to connect with people of other cultures and bear witness to the ravages of the disease. Circling Home chronicles the adventures and challenges of raising children to be global citizens and trying to find home in countries as diverse as Ivory Coast, Tanzania, and Switzerland. Her memoir spotlights the complexity, struggles, and profound lessons at the heart of the expat journey.
“Terry Repak writes about her family’s experiences as American expats in very personal ways, without being afraid of sharing some of the unvarnished realitiesWith candor and humility, she demonstrates how living overseas can be a rich and fulfilling experience. For Americans, she shows the value of opening ourselves to global perspectives and viewing the rest of the world differently while being more analytical of our own actions. Thank you for this warm, insightful contribution to global understanding and particularly to a more textured understanding of the beauty and the complexities of Africa.”
—Dr. Helene Gayle, President of Spelman College, former President and CEO of CARE, and former Director of the Centers for Disease Control’s National Center (NCHSTP)
“Anyone contemplating living abroad for either her own or a spouse’s career will find Terry Repak’s memoir about her family’s long stints in two African nations and in Europe invaluable. While offering lots of practical advice, Terry shines in contemplating both the difficulties and the lasting enrichment she, her husband and children experienced.”
—Elizabeth Nelson Brown, author of Playing Boticelli
Terry A. Repak studied journalism in college and worked as a reporter for a few years before returning to graduate school. She earned a master’s degree in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a PhD at Emory University. She and her partner lived in East and West Africa as well as in Europe, where he worked in the AIDS field and Terry wrote and raised their children. She has authored two other non-fiction books, numerous travel articles for newspapers and magazines, and her research has been published in academic journals. She lives in Seattle where she continues to write, to teach English to foreign language learners (ELL) and to garden, hike, and swim.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781647425456 |
| ISBN 10 | 164742545X |
| Title | Circling Home |
| Author | Terry A Repak |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | She Writes Press |
| Year published | 2023-09-12 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
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