My Life on the Road (Post #1)

Although I have only read the first two chapters of the book, I find it to be much more interesting than Growing a Farmer. Both books are memoirs, and although it is hard for me to relate to both authors stories, Gloria Steinem’s work is a much more fascinating read. So far in the beginning chapters of the book, Steinem gives an introduction about her early family life and the significant amount of time her family spent traveling during her childhood. What fascinated me most about her families traveling was in the way which they would go about it. Steinem explained that her father would never start their family trip with enough money to get to their destination. Instead, the family with even her nine-year-old sister would buy and sell antiques, gold, and silver to make enough money to continue traveling. Furthermore, she mentioned that her sister would enroll in a High-School in places that her family would travel too.

Steinem also shared a lot of personal family information in the first chapter that I appreciated, and made me get a better understanding of the author. She had shared detailed recounts of her parent’s separation and the difficulty of taking care of her mother while going about her own life. In my own personal life, I cannot relate to what the author’s childhood. However, since I love to travel when I can, this book has kept me captivated unlike Growing the Farmer. I am excited to read the rest of the book as I am sure there will be a lot more interesting stories about her young adult life while she had been traveling.