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More about Mother Tongue: A Memoir of Taiwan “Standing by the window, I tried to understand what happened to me to take such an unfathomable leap… What I hadn’t realized was that first, my one and only assignment would be to learn the language.” In 1984, when Linda Petrucelli arrives in Taiwan with her husband Gary Hoff, she assumes she will learn Mandarin Chinese. Instead, her local church partner, the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, assigns her to learn Taiwanese, an eight-t

As part of my participation in the WOW Blog Tour for The Purpose of Getting Lost by Tracy Smith I'm posting about something I learned about myself later in life that surprised me. Scroll down for more information about the book. Being a Part-Time Social Butterfly Growing up, the word introvert wasn't a part of my lexicon. I was shy. People told me that all the time and I embraced it. That explained everything. Why I went to parties (often after much coaxing by friends) and s

I've always been a bit grumpy about Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir Eat, Pray, Love because she sold the idea and used an advance to fund the experiences the book is based on instead of having amazing experiences and then writing a memoir about it. So I was happy to find a truly authentic travel memoir. Tracy Smith began traveling for many reasons, discovered many things along the route about herself and then wrote a memoir every woman will identify with in some way. More about Th