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La Finca

Love, Loss, and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2021
Trinity University Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-59534-905-7 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
One woman’s story about facing change, trusting her instincts, and the adventure of running an eco-lodge in Puerto Rico
At age forty, Parker surrendered to her Swept Away meets Swiss Family Robinson fantasy of running an inn far from her home in the Pacific Northwest. For the next twenty-plus years Parker ran La Finca Caribe, an eco-lodge in Vieques, Puerto Rico. What started as a rough-and-tumble dream grew into a paradise enjoyed by guests from around the world. Sketchbook in hand, Parker chronicled her daily adventures living with the land. La Finca is a lively graphic memoir about a woman creating a new life amid countless challenges, including hurricanes that led her to reconsider everything. It is a story about trusting oneself, self-discovery, accepting disappointment and loss, and falling in love with a place.

Corky Parker has had a diverse career as the creative director and cofounder of Merwin Creative, a film production company in Seattle; a small-scale sheep farmer; and owner of the eco-lodge La Finca Caribe, on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. She is a graduate of Bennington College. Her work has been covered in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, Outside, Gourmet, Adventure Travel, and Lonely Planet. She lives in Port Townsend, Washington, and her website is at corkyparker.com.

Contents

Introduction
Property Map
Guide to Key Characters

1. Livin’ the Dream
2. Hatching the Plan
3. Exploring the New World
4. Finding New Dawn
5. On our Own
6. A Month of Firsts
7. At the Helm
8. Happy Travelin’
9. The Losing End
10. Solo
11. Aftermath
12. Meanwhile Back at La Finca
13. On the Job Life Lessons
14. Bill
15. Chaos of Construction
16. Another Day in Paradise
17. No Stopping this Carnival
18. Smooth Sailing
19. When Alice Comes to Visit
20. Being Here Now, Finally
21. The Winter Things Couldn’t Get Right
22. How & ¿por qué?

Epilogue
Acknowledgements

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Full color, varying size
Verlagsort San Antonio
Sprache englisch
Maße 165 x 228 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Literatur Comic / Humor / Manga Comic
Reisen Bildbände Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10 1-59534-905-7 / 1595349057
ISBN-13 978-1-59534-905-7 / 9781595349057
Zustand Neuware
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