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Perilous Footing on the Path Home

September 5, 2014 by Rita Gardner Leave a Comment

Casalata Miches

September 16, 2014—the official publication date of my memoir, The Coconut Latitudes: Secrets, Storms and Survival in the Caribbean. It’s also the day that I will finally be at the end of my long road home. I mean that in the metaphorical sense, the hero’s journey some say,  the return to one’s self. I wrote […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alistair Reid, Dominican Republic, Expat, sonia marsh

HOME, BUT NOT

June 15, 2014 by Rita Gardner Leave a Comment

Casalata Miches - Now

Recently I read a poignant post in National Geographic Traveler by writer Don George about visiting his long-ago childhood home. In it, he describes rediscovering “the layering presence of history.” Seeing his physical house altered by its new owners, he also noted the changes made him feel “It was home, but not.” The full story […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: childhood, Dominican Republic, Expat, Home

Coconut Latitudes

Coconut Latitudes
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Rita on NPR Radio

Two exciting segments from The Coconut Latitudes read by Rita Gardner.

"Night of the Hurricane"

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"Drums of Spring"

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