The place to Nest by Kristen Van Nest
My score: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 stars
The place To Nest is a comedic journey memoir from American comic Kristen Van West.
It begins with particulars of her life rising up on the East coast of America and the way her upbringing created her willpower to be successful in enterprise whereas embracing journey. At the same time as a young person Kristen signed up for vacation programs overseas.
Kristen takes the reader on a journey together with her to many international locations that embody France, Luxembourg, Germany, China, Greece, Kazakhstan, England and even a number of weeks in Nairobi. Whereas she lived and labored in lots of of those locations, some have been additionally vacation locations.
That is candid piece of writing and I can solely think about how cathartic it should have been to finish. The reader follows Kristen as she searches for her goal in life, a well-paid job through which she’s blissful, a spot to name dwelling and somebody to like her for who she is and the place she resides.
Comedy is usually a onerous style to write down, and humour itself is such a private factor. One thing that one individual finds hilarious may barely increase a smile in one other. For me, the spotlight of this ebook was the armchair journey expertise.
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E book description:
After school getting her dream job in New York Metropolis, Kristen thought she had every part a contemporary Millennial was alleged to need–an attractive zip code, a boyfriend, and a company job. However as a substitute of feeling content material, she quickly realized she had no thought who she was and what made her blissful. Naturally, she did what any sane individual would, hopped on a aircraft, and spent the remainder of her twenties residing overseas and touring the world seeking love, journey, and new and thrilling locations to eat bread.
By stripping away the cultural norms and expectations she grew up with within the US, she rebuilt from scratch a brand new identification, sense of self, and life goal that finally led her to maneuver to Los Angeles to pursue comedy. Via residing in Luxembourg on a Fulbright Scholarship after which in China for 3 years working for a wine importer, The place to Nest takes us throughout the globe-including practically being murdered by a lover whereas snowboarding in Switzerland, navigating Greece throughout a banking disaster, and visiting Thailand throughout a authorities coup–as a girl struggles to search out belonging. It is a story for anybody who wants chuckle, journey concepts, and inspiration for methods so as to add extra pleasure into their lives.
