Andrew McCarthy - Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, Plus Tips and Strategies to Find Your Family History

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Contents

IRELAND
A Restless Pull

BY ANDREW MCCARTHY

ANGOLA AND VIRGINIA
Traveling to the Truth

BY JOE MOZINGO

ARGENTINA
An Accident of History

BY ALEX BELLOS

CAMBODIA
The Reluctant Traveler

BY NAWUTH KEAT WITH MARTHA E. KENDALL

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Sun and Shadows

BY JOYCE MAYNARD

ONTARIO, CANADA
Secrets and Spirits

BY TIFFANY THORNTON

CROATIA
A Year of Living Differently

BY JENNIFER WILSON

CUBA
Indefinite Voluntary Departure

BY JUAN JOS VALDS

CZECH REPUBLIC
The Mandolins Story

BY JOSEPH HURKA

ENGLAND
Another Uncertain Voyage

BY JIM EAGLES

GERMANY
The Never Ending Story

BY JOE YOGERST

INDIA
An Indian Summer

BY PICO IYER

JAPAN
Of Deserts and Rice Paddies

BY EDWARD IWATA

LAOS AND VIETNAM
The Birthday Present

BY THOMAS FULLER

MEXICO
My Insurgent Granny

BY PETER M c BRIDE

NORWAY
Following the Son

BY DAVE HAGE

PERU
My Years of Magical Thinking

BY MARIE ARANA

THE PHILIPPINES AND CALIFORNIA
MacArthur, My Mother, and Me

BY BARBARA A. NOE

KRAKOW, POLAND
Where Old and New Worlds Collide

BY NINA STROCHLIC

RUSSIA
A Warm Cold War Reunion

BY HILARY MANDLEBERG

SCOTLAND
Finding William

BY ANDREW EVANS

SICILY, ITALY
A Hunger for Family

BY RENE RESTIVO

TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The Eighth Sister

BY MEI-LING HOPGOOD

TANZANIA
My Family, My Tribe

BY DONOVAN WEBSTER

ULSTER, IRELAND, AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Three Generations, One Distant Family History

BY LIZ BEATTY

ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES
A Heartland History

BY DIANE JOHNSON

A Buddhist monk burns incense of the ages in the ruins of Cambodias revered Angkor Wat complex.