Mongolia Monologues One Woman Quest to Experience Learn and Grow eBook Joanne Nussbaum
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By the time I joined the ranks of the United States Peace Corps in 2010, I was fifty-three years old and I needed a change. Not a small minor adjustment like a new hairstyle, or maybe learning a new hobby. What my life required at that point was an 'Extreme Makeover Lifestyle' kind of change. I was seeking an opportunity to change my daily existence, to stretch my mind to new levels, top open my heart to new people. I sought to widen the scope of my spirituality and to increase my understanding of myself. I craved thrilling and stimulating situations that would test my limits and expand my boundaries.
I had requested to work in the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa. I ended up in Mongolia working in community youth development. My adventurer's spirit told me the universe knows where I should be and what I should be doing. The twenty six months living in Mongolia were some of the most challenging, exasperating and meaningful in my life.
Mongolia Monologues One Woman Quest to Experience Learn and Grow eBook Joanne Nussbaum
Joanne believes she is old at 53 when she joins Peace Corps, yet we read of a young at heart mom going clear across the world to make a change in her life. Mongolia is world's away, from language to diets, weather, and that the local women rarely use toilet paper. As she said, "cultural differences can be freaking unbelievable! "But she joined Peace Corps to make a difference in who she was, and in the hope of sharing herself with her new community. That's what Peace Corps is all about. Volunteers feel they have gotten more from the two experiece than the community. Yet the community feels they received more from the Volunteers. Though 50 plus years have passed, President Kennedy ' s legacy lives on. And Joanne ' s community and National Counterparts I bet feel the same...she left memories behind. She had a few accidents her first year which are good material for memories and work for Peace Corps doctor.But her students found a friend in Joanne, a home away from home. She feels she is the same person, but different too!
I strongly recommend this book for Joanne ' s honesty and beautiful use of photos. If you are considering Peace Corps or have a relative or friend as possible candidates, this book is a must. Or for those of us that served, her book brings back memories and few laughs! Thanks Joanne, and as they say in that difficult language of Mongolia...Shin Jil, Happy New Year! And how many out there have ever milked a Yak?
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Mongolia Monologues One Woman Quest to Experience Learn and Grow eBook Joanne Nussbaum Reviews
This book was an interesting read. If one is desiring travel to a "developing country," it’s a heads-up on what one might expect. I would have liked it more if the author inserted a bit more humor in her “trials and tribulations” of situations and particular people, as the memoir was a tad on the negative side.
The book does lighten up toward the end and I realized that the author was truly glad to be serving in that country.
I also would have liked many of the pictures to be larger and clearer.
All in all it was an informative read.
* I downloaded a complimentary copy via Story Cartel in exchange for my review.*
An honest and thoughtful reflection of a Peace Corps service from the perspective of a “fiesty, fifty-something PCV”. Her monologues, presented through four separate stages of trials, tribulations, triumphs, and truths, reveal the great extent in which her experience in Mongolia impacted her own life and perspectives (PC Goal #3, I believe). And hopefully as a result of her own time, care, and commitment dedicated during her service, she was also able to achieve PC Goal #2, by positively impacting the lives of the children and colleagues with whom she worked.
I found the organization of the monologues slightly unconventional, as her stories were not told in the usual chronological order. However, it was an interesting method, and I'm guessing that's how it all made sense in the author's mind. I was pleased to find it end on a positive note for both the author and the community, despite the extensive personal and professional challenges described.
It was an amusing and relatively quick read, which I enjoyed and hope will inspire me to follow through with some of my own collections of drafted compositions.
Keep up the good work, and thanks for sharing!
This is an interesting account of one woman's journey to Mongolia as a ESL teacher with the Peace Corp. She tells about her experiences there for two years. The subject is well presented but not written in a story like style. This is more like reading a series of descriptions. The book does give the reader a good idea of the lifestyle and hardships that one would experience in a rural society. If the reader ever envisioned taking a similar journey, you would get a good idea if you were cut out for this lifestyle or not. Nussbaum shares the living conditions and the joy of teaching the children along with the medical and sanitary conditions. It definitely sounds like a primitive environment. So this reader at a similar age to Nussbaum will be staying in the United States while looking to be helpful to those in need.
I enjoy first-person accounts of US citizens living in Asia, since this is something I did years ago. That this account was about living in Mongolia, a place so remote that its name is a simile for the middle of nowhere, grabbed my attention. Once I started reading this book I couldn’t stop. Finished it in one sitting. I felt like I was reading letters from a dear friend on an adventure. Laughed out loud in one part, at her description of her clumsiness with tools.
At first I was skeptical about her value as a Peace Corps volunteer when she couldn’t speak the language and everyone over there she encountered seemed to have to rush to her aid. However by the end of the book I came to appreciate that she did make valuable contributions to the lives of the children she worked with, and her bonds with her Mongolian peers were also helpful in making our world a friendlier place. I think it was fortunate that the organization allowed her the freedom to come up the concepts for her engagement based on what she thought she could do best. Overall, an enjoyable read.
Excellent account of time spent in Mongolia. Fun book to read.
Not well written. Didn't provide much useful information about Mongolia.
I lived in Mongolia for two years and understand some of her difficulties but would have been more interested in the country and its people than her misfortunes.
Joanne believes she is old at 53 when she joins Peace Corps, yet we read of a young at heart mom going clear across the world to make a change in her life. Mongolia is world's away, from language to diets, weather, and that the local women rarely use toilet paper. As she said, "cultural differences can be freaking unbelievable! "
But she joined Peace Corps to make a difference in who she was, and in the hope of sharing herself with her new community. That's what Peace Corps is all about. Volunteers feel they have gotten more from the two experiece than the community. Yet the community feels they received more from the Volunteers. Though 50 plus years have passed, President Kennedy ' s legacy lives on. And Joanne ' s community and National Counterparts I bet feel the same...she left memories behind. She had a few accidents her first year which are good material for memories and work for Peace Corps doctor.But her students found a friend in Joanne, a home away from home. She feels she is the same person, but different too!
I strongly recommend this book for Joanne ' s honesty and beautiful use of photos. If you are considering Peace Corps or have a relative or friend as possible candidates, this book is a must. Or for those of us that served, her book brings back memories and few laughs! Thanks Joanne, and as they say in that difficult language of Mongolia...Shin Jil, Happy New Year! And how many out there have ever milked a Yak?
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