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A review by chrisleesounds
At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe by Tsh Oxenreider
3.0
I bought this book when it was released because I’ve long shared with my spouse my dream to homeschool the kids for an extended period of time while we do some intense traveling as a family. I was hoping this book would fan that flame and give me insight for my dream life with my wife and kids. This is NOT that book. This is more like a series of blog posts or journal entries of Tsh’s family’s trip around the world.
I tried reading it when I first got it and only made it through chapter 3. Starting over again a few years later took me forever because the first half of this book is so incredibly slow, that it’s hard to continue. However, I’m glad I did press on this time.
There are small glimpses through this book that Tsh is a beautiful writer, but this type of memoir is not a great medium to see her chops. More than her great writing for me is the last third of this book had some really great insight for my own life. As she dug deeper into her wanderings about finding place and space and community in this world, I found some settling happening in some restless parts of myself.
This book that I found to be so difficult to get through in the first half brought some light to my spirit in the second half. I close the book with gratitude for my family, my life, and Tsh for putting it together.
I tried reading it when I first got it and only made it through chapter 3. Starting over again a few years later took me forever because the first half of this book is so incredibly slow, that it’s hard to continue. However, I’m glad I did press on this time.
There are small glimpses through this book that Tsh is a beautiful writer, but this type of memoir is not a great medium to see her chops. More than her great writing for me is the last third of this book had some really great insight for my own life. As she dug deeper into her wanderings about finding place and space and community in this world, I found some settling happening in some restless parts of myself.
This book that I found to be so difficult to get through in the first half brought some light to my spirit in the second half. I close the book with gratitude for my family, my life, and Tsh for putting it together.