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		Marshall, John, 1965-

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		Marshall, John, 1965- -- Travel.
		Volunteer tourism -- Biography.
		Volunteers -- United States -- Biography.
		Voluntarism -- Biography.
		Social action.
		Social service.
		Voyages around the world -- Biography.

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Wide-open world : how volunteering around the globe changed one family's lives forever / John Marshall.

by Marshall, John, 1965-

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Ballantine Books, [2015]

Marshall family -- Travel.

Marshall, John, 1965- -- Travel.

Volunteer tourism -- Biography.

Volunteers -- United States -- Biography.

Voluntarism -- Biography.

Social service.

Voyages around the world -- Biography.

9780345549648 (hc.)

0345549643 (hc.)

xv, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Prologue -- Before the trip -- The Osa Wildlife Sanctuary -- WWOOF -- Volunthai -- The Good Shepherd Agricultural Mission -- The Siddhartha School -- After the trip -- Epilogue.

"The inspiring story of a family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. We follow the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching English in rural Thailand, and caring for orphans in India. There's a name for this kind of endeavor--voluntourism--and it might just be the future of travel. Oppressive heat, grueling bus rides, backbreaking work, and one vicious spider monkey. Best family vacation ever! John Marshall needed a change. His twenty-year marriage was falling apart, his seventeen-year-old son was about to leave home, and his fourteen-year-old daughter was lost in cyberspace. Desperate to get out of a rut and reconnect with his family, John dreamed of a trip around the world, a chance to leave behind, if only just for a while, routines and responsibilities. He didn't have the money for resorts or luxury tours, but he did have an idea that would make traveling the globe more affordable and more meaningful than he'd ever imagined: The family would volunteer their time and energy to others in far-flung locales. Six months that changed the Marshall family forever. Once they'd made the pivotal decision to go, John and his wife, Traca, quit their jobs, pulled their kids out of school, and embarked on a journey that would take them far out of their comfort zones. The trip offered little rest, even less relaxation, and virtually no certainty of what was to come. But it did give the Marshalls something far more valuable: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to conquer personal fears, strengthen family bonds, and find their true selves by helping those in need. In the end, as John discovered, he and his family did not change the world. It was the world that changed them"--Provided by publisher.

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