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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.41
EAN: 9781885211651
ISBN: 1885211651
Label: Travelers' Tales
Manufacturer: Travelers' Tales
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 312
Publication Date: 2001-06-09
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
Studio: Travelers' Tales
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Summary: A great family book to read.
Comment: This book has opened a whole new world of possibility for me and my family. This book has helped me to realize that having kids doesn't mean my dreams of traveling the world have to end or wait until later.

A great family adventure to witness.

The kids in the book are so cute too.

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Summary: Entertaining but not enough meat to base a year off decision on
Comment: I really enjoyed reading this book and it was easy to finish. It tries to sound like it is written as it is happening but it seems pretty clear that it has been filtered by hindsight. Although he touches on some of the challenges like getting his kids to stop fighting, again, I think the hindsight filter has mitigated how challenging this might have been at the time. Also, it seems like it focuses on the highlights, much like travel guides do when I was more interested in some of the nitty gritty of the daily life of trying to do something like this with children. What you have is a pleasant travelogue with some nicely written vignettes. My personal take-away is I would rather have my children and I spend more time in fewer places - more likely picking a base and exploring from there instead of living out of a suitcase. I also imagine that this trip cost the Cohen's a lot more than we would consider spending. They did, for example, bring along a nanny. One very useful aspect of this tale is they had a toddler along with two school age children and we get to see how the different ages affects how they reacted to the trip.

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Summary: Sparked An Interest!
Comment: I enjoyed this book greatly. It was written from the father's point of view, which made for interesting reading. Some people complained about the "rich California dad" mentality, which I didn't find to be present at all.

The only thing I wished it had more of was more details...as a Mom, I can't imagine traversing the globe with three kids, including one in diapers! I wish there were more specifics about just HOW they managed it all...

I would highly recommend this book to anyone, especially the taveler or the dreamer who might enjoy a round the world trip!

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Brave takeoff
Comment: One year off with kids is such brave action that many people only have dreamed and talked about, not to mention that their journey is full of fun and adventures. Definitely a great read that opens your mind!

Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: I've read much better travel stories but it is worthwhile
Comment: I think the only reason this book got published was because the author was already known and established in the publishing world. (He published a series of "A day if the life of" photography books.) Had you or I (as unknowns)submitted this manuscript, there is no way it would have been accepted! The writing is not the best. But that said, the book wasn't that bad either! I did enjoy reading it! I love true stories of people who throw caution to the wind and do something adventurous or out of the common way. To sell everything you own, and use the proceeds to spend a year traveling the world with your wife and 3 young children - that is amazing! Each chapter of the book is actually written as an e-mail message to their friends and family. Some of their escapades and the responses of their children to the various places they visited was amusing. So...if you like travel stories, consider reading this book. Just don't expect it to be the best you've ever read...

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Editorial Reviews:
A year off from work. A meandering, serendipitous journey around the globe with the people you love most. No mortgage, no car payments, no pressure. Though it sounds like an impossible dream for most people, one day David Cohen and his family decide to make it a reality. With his wife and three children, Cohen sets off on a rollicking journey, full of laugh-out-loud mishaps, heart-pounding adventures, and unforeseen epiphanies. Readers join the Cohen family and trek up a Costa Rican volcano, roam the Burgundy canals by houseboat, traverse the vast Australian desert, and discover Istanbul by night. Through it all, the family gets the rare opportunity to get to know each other without the mundane distractions of television and video games, discovering the world through new eyes and gaining fresh perspective on life and priorities.


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