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The Suitcase and the Jar
- Author
- Becky Livingston
- Narrator
- Andrea Child
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press
- Publish Date
- 22 April 2022
- Run Time
- 5 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Becky Livingston
- Narrator
- Andrea Child
- Duration
- 5 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 April 2022
- ISBN
- 9781773860374
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press
- Genre
- Memoirs, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival
Synopsis
When a brain tumour takes the life of Becky Livingston's twenty-three-year-old daughter Rachel, her life makes an unconventional turn. Rachel, an avid traveller, had one wish: to keep exploring the world. So, for twenty-six months Livingston travels - untethered and alone - to Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, India, England, Ireland and North America, coast to coast. In her suitcase: Rachel's ashes, heavy but compact. As she gradually merges her daughter's remains with the elements, Livingston learns how to forge a new sense of belonging in an unfamiliar world. Is it reckless for a fifty-three-year-old mother to quit her job and set off overseas with no agenda or timeline? Is such a journey squandering a life, or saving it? The Suitcase and the Jar is a profoundly moving story of a mother's courage and resilience. It explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: how one finds the strength to reconfigure a new life by necessity. A poignant memoir, The Suitcase and the Jar is the story of a mother's transformative journey of surrender and belonging.
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