The Map of Enough: One Woman's Journey to Find Belonging - Perfect for Self-Discovery, Travel Inspiration & Personal Growth
The Map of Enough: One Woman's Journey to Find Belonging - Perfect for Self-Discovery, Travel Inspiration & Personal Growth

The Map of Enough: One Woman's Journey to Find Belonging - Perfect for Self-Discovery, Travel Inspiration & Personal Growth

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Molly Caro May grew up as part of a nomadic family, one proud of their international sensibilities, a tribe that never settled in one place for very long. Growing up moving from foreign country to foreign country, just like her father and grandfather, she became attached to her identity as a global woman from nowhere. But, on the verge of turning thirty years old, everything changed.Molly and her fiancé Chris suddenly move to 107 acres in Montana, land her family owns but rarely visits, with the idea of staying for only a year. Surrounded by tall grass, deep woods, and the presence of predators, the young couple starts the challenging and often messy process of building a traditional Mongolian yurt from scratch. They finally finish just on the cusp of winter, in a below–zero degree snowstorm. For Molly it is her first real home, yet a nomadic one, this one concession meant to be dissembled and moved at will.Yurt–life gives her rare exposure to nature, to the elements, to the wildlife all around them. It also feels contrary to the modern world, and this triggers in Molly an exploration of what home means to the emergent generation. In today's age, has globalization and technology taught us that something better, the next best thing, is always out there? How does any young adult establish roots, and how do we decide what kind of life we want to lead? How much, ever, is enough?

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This memoir by Montana writer Molly May is about the author's search for 'place' after many years of a transient living, first with her family as they follow her father's business career and subsequently with her husband as the couple satisfy their insatiable curiosity. This restlessness leads them eventually to building a yurt (from scratch) on property her parents own in Montana and, in the process, she falls in love with the land and its wildlife and, in the process, finds what she realizes she has been looking for. May's inner dialogue reveals wit, wisdom and some revelations about herself and her place in the scheme of things. A story well told!

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