História, História: Two Years in the Cape Verde Islands

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Twenty two and newly married, Eleanor Stanford and her husband join the Peace Corps and find themselves on the West African islands of Cape Verde In this beautifully alien place, as she teaches her students and struggles to come to terms with the island s fascinating yet frustrating culture, Eleanor watches everything she knows about relationships get flipped upside down and attempts to hide the eating disorder she s developed, which threatens both her marriage and her life Part travelogue, part cultural documentary, Historia, Historia combines journalistic excellence with the gripping style of personal memoirs to bring you this lyrical, moving portrait of an enchanting, little glimpsed geography Fans of factually informative and emotionally moving nonfiction will be drawn towards this haunting meditation on love, fidelity and self image Download a free copy, or order the paper edition, at cclapcenter.com historia Eleanor Stanford captures experience with the precision of a poet and the broad vision of a novelist, translating the unwritten language of the the inner world into a handful of words as shimmering and polished as sea glass Her ability to give voice to the estrangement of being alive and wildly observant in an unfamiliar culture brings vivid light to both the outer world she describes, and the interior terrain that is her own In this book, Stanford goes far beyond a description of an eating disorder this book explores the meaning of body, of place, of home, of language itself An essential read Marya Hornbacher, Pulitzer nominated author of Wasted Read História, História: Two Years in the Cape Verde Islands – kino-fada.fr FTC DISCLOSURE I am the publisher of this book Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography cclapcenter.com I am the original author of this review, as well as the owner of CCLaP it is not being reprinted illegally APOLOGIA A deliberately all positive critical essay, usually written in an effort to get others to believe in a specific thing the author believes Why I Signed Historia, Historia An Apologia.I ve read and reviewed 150 books a year, every single year, FTC DISCLOSURE I am the publish...The author writes of her and her husband s 2 year stint in Cape Verde Like most Peace Corps volunteers who write their experiences she arrives poorly prepared and quite na ve on the world she is about to live in However, unl...I took stock of my reading goals at the end of June and felt I had not made sufficient progress on my African project This book was one I had found for Cape Verde and had to buy from the Kindle store It is a memoir from a woman who moved there for two years to teach for the Peace Corps, as a newlywed.The Cape Verde Islands are unique in that they had never been inhabited by Africans that they know of until the Portuguese colonized them in the 15th century They were an essential port I took stock of my reading goals at the end of June and felt I had not made sufficient progress on my African project This book was one I had found for Cape Verde and had to buy from the Kindle store It is a memoir from a woman who move...Not too long ago, in my capacity as a university press editor, I was presented with a manuscript by a woman who had spent a year in Indonesia in the 1960s She spoke only English, and didn t meet many Indonesians She didn t follow Indonesian politics, then or since She had a number of personal problems with her then husband but didn t want to write about that, to protect her now quite adult children She was taken aback that I doubted readers would be drawn to her book But it was a year of Not too long ago, in my capacity as a university press editor, I was presented with a manuscript by a woman who had spent a year in Indonesia in the 1960s She spoke only English, and didn t meet many Indonesians She didn t follow Indonesian politics, then or since She had a numbe...I will refrain from rating this since I am connected to it That said, if you re into non fiction, travelogue, women s issues, journalism, memoir, cultural differences you ve gotta pick this one upWhen Lori, the marketing director at CCLaP Publishing and book blogger at TNBBC asked me if I wanted to review Hist ria, Hist ria Two Years in the Cape Verde Islands by Eleanor Stanford, it was really easy to say yes.Historia, Historia is about Eleanor s experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cape Verde I have a personal connection to this story because one of my cousins was in the ...I originally published this review at InsatiableBooksluts.com.Hist ria,Hist ria is a memoir in essay form, sort of like David Sedaris s books although not similar in writing style the essays are separate but also form a whole work when put together, rather than being fragmented Eleanor Stanford tells the story of her time volunteering in the Peace Corps, during which she was stationed in Cape Verde, islands off the coast of Africa that were settled by the Portuguese She talks about the I originally published this review at InsatiableBooksluts.com.Hist ria, Hist ria is a memoir in essay form, sort of like David Sedaris s books although not similar in writing style the essays are separate but also form a whole work when put together, rather than being fragmented Eleanor Stanford tells the story of...Hist ria, Hist ria is a short memoir of Eleanor s time in Cape Verde and how it affected her and her marriage At only 83 pages, it feelslike a long essay than a book, but that doesn t make it any less interesting to read Eleanor is good at writing succinctly about the history of Cape Verde and her experiences there as a Peace Corps volunteer She describes her difficulties with the language s , the parts of Cape Verde culture and social norm that she couldn t get used to, her eating Hist ria, Hist ria is a short memoir of Eleanor s time in Cape Verde and how it aff...The book describes the author s attempts to fit in and enjoy herself during the time she spent teaching on the distant island of Cape Verde under the auspices of the Peace Corps.It s a very American view of the world, but interesting nonetheless, and it affords the reader a limited insight into life on the island Most of all, however, the book shows the struggle the author has in adapting to a different way of life.There is a...Eleanor Stanford s writing is beautifully lyrical and utterly honest We get a glimpse inside of her private struggles with an eating disorder, painted against the dusty backdrop of Cape Verde She immersed me so deeply in the language and culture that it left me with an even deeper wanderlust to travel and a definite desire to eventually find my own way to that chain of islands just off the west coast of Africa I was blessed with the opportunity to help edit this book and had it not been such Eleanor Stanford s writing is beautifully lyrical and utterly honest We get a glimpse inside of her private struggles with an eating disorder, painted against the dusty backdrop of Cape Verde She immersed me so deeply in the language and culture that it left me with an even deeper wanderlust to travel and a definite desire to eventually find my own way to that chain of islands just off the west coast of Africa I was blessed with the opportunity to help edit this b...

História, História: Two Years in the Cape Verde Islands
  • English
  • 03 September 2018
  • ebook
  • 83 pages
  • Eleanor Stanford
  • História, História: Two Years in the Cape Verde Islands