I would like to share a new book A Mongolian Memoir by Diane M. Height I received in exchange for this review.
Like many people my family would like to travel but circumstances have stopped us from fulfilling that dream. Now I can say I felt like I was to visit the Countries with the Author who reminded me of my daughter in so many ways. I enjoyed learning how the Author visited and feel in love with the country’s people and landscapes because of most of us it’s just a dream.
I liked how the author found herself at one of life’s major crossroads searching for the right direction. I felt like I got to know the Author as she shares her belief in herself and her dreams. The Author accepts an offer to teach in Mongolia only knowing who she believes herself to be and that she needs to follow her heart. Which leads the Author to take a leap of faith.
I liked knowing the Author makes friends with nearly everyone she meets in her travels including the taxi driver, restaurant workers, and even the young people she gets to know by teaching English, along with their parents, and teachers. The Authors experience living and teaching in Mongolia was enhanced by the people she met and the friends she made. Her joy as she explores Mongolia made me want to run out and book a flight to Mongolia which we know can’t happen, but I can dream can’t I?
A Mongolian Memoir about one woman’s unusual adventure living and teaching for five years in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia—a moving story about changes and how they brought her to a place, inward and outward, that she never expected.
Diane Height says, “I knew I was embarking on something I had kept hidden for years. A part of me I had denied, or was afraid to talk about, or even think about. Living in Mongolia for five years changed everything—how I saw myself . . . there and when I came home.”
Meet the Author: Diane Height
Diane Height writing and photography are inspired by her love of travel, adventure, and the world at large. She was an elementary teacher in Southern California before embarking on her own odyssey, teaching for five years at an international school in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She has also taught in Indonesia, Cambodia, and Italy. Her short stories have appeared in various publications. This is her first book. To learn more about her adventures in the land of the eternal blue sky as well as discovering the warmth of the Mongolian people, please visit her blog:
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Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
