Mary Coday Edwards, BS 94

Mary published “To Travel Well, Travel Light. An Adventure Memoir of Living Abroad and Letting Go of Life’s Trappings: Material Possessions, Cultural Blinders, and a Patriarchal Christian Worldview.” The Nautilus award-winning book is a two-part memoir of an outward journey and an inward journey. Part 1 tells the story of the joys and pitfalls of living and working abroad with children in tow. A USAID program brought educated young Afghan men to the Midwest to instruct them in public administration. Mary and Mike befriended them through a community friendship program, and these mujahideen persuaded this adventurous family to move to Peshawar, Pakistan. Terryl Warnock, a blogger for MoonLit, wrote a book review of “To Travel Well, Travel Light,” focusing on Part 2, the inward journey. Check it out at https://blanketfort.blog/wordsbyterryl/to-travel-well-travel-light.