Swimming to Italy (Paperback) by Virginia Salinsky Landgreen

This touching memoir chronicles the life of a young women coming of age in the 1960s. After a colorful but conventional upbringing, the author sets off to explore life's larger adventure, both geographically and spiritually. From a rural cabin in Virginia to single parenting in Oregon to travels abroad, the stories in this book explore personal growth, early childhood education, travel, the arts and love - for family, for place and for life.