| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
451 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"When Ken Budd was thirty-nine, his father collapsed after eighteen holes of golf. Ken and his wife raced to the hospital--but it was too late. In the weeks that followed, as grieving friends revealed how his father had changed their lives, Ken started questioning his own life--and admitting, after years of denial, that he and his wife would never have children. And then, still struggling with grief--his grief at losing his father, his grief at not being a father--Ken received an e-mail with the subject line: 'Katrinia Relief Volunteer Opportunities.' He signed up. He went to New Orleans. And he kept volunteering: Costa Rica, to teach English; China, to work with special-needs children; Ecuador, to study climate change; the West Bank, to assist refugees; Kenya, to care for orphans. His goal: to find purpose by helping others, one trip at a time"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Local Note |
WNDSR--This book is the gift of the Windsor/Windsor Locks Rotary in honor of Fred Lynn, Immaculate Conception Shelter & Housing Corp. |
| Subject |
Budd, Ken -- Travel.
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Parents -- Death.
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Adult children -- Psychology.
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Self-realization.
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Voluntarism.
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Social action.
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Social service.
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| ISBN |
9780061946462 (acid-free paper) : $15.99 |
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006194646X (acid-free paper) |
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