An Unexamined Life - by Susan Broidy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The author looks back at the age of 80 with frank honesty on her life as an expatriate in developing countries and her personal search for a sense of integrity, belonging and community. From her early childhood in New Zealand and Fiji, she followed her first husband to Hawaii, Iraq, Sudan, Vietnam and Jordan. When her young daughter became seriously ill, she left for London and began life on her own, overcoming alcoholism and depression to find a new happiness within a second marriage. She became an American citizen in 1997 and after the death of her husband, moved from Santa Barbara, California to the Ojai Valley and then to Colorado to be close to her son and grandchildren. Now retired in Albuquerque, New Mexico she enjoys writing and the company of her two small dogs. Her memoir recounts her journey with sometimes painful introspection to the point where she can say that an examined life is the only life worth living.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>An Unexamined Life is a frank and honest memoir by an 80 year-old author who looks back on her life as an expatriate in developing countries and her personal search for a sense of integrity, belonging and community. From her early unhappy childhood in New Zealand and Fiji, she followed her first husband to Hawaii, Iraq, Sudan, Vietnam and Jordan. Disillusioned with her marriage and international living, she left for London to join her lover when her young daughter became seriously ill. This relationship ended after living in Dublin and Yorkshire, and with a Cordon Bleu Diploma she moved to London on her own, eventually overcoming alcoholism and depression to find a new happiness within a second marriage. With her two children in English boarding schools, she went back to university and earned two Masters degrees in English and International Relations. Her interest in politics led her to being a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats in the election of 1992. She became an American citizen in 1997 and continued working for the Democrats in California. After the death of her husband, she moved from Santa Barbara, California to the Ojai Valley where she created an outstanding garden, and then to Colorado to be close to her son and grandchildren. Over the years, she has worked as a medical laboratory technician, a radio journalist, a chef and restaurant manager, a dance teacher, elementary school teacher and Visiting Angel. Now retired in Albuquerque, New Mexico she enjoys writing and the company of her two small dogs. Her memoir recounts her journey with sometimes painful introspection to the point where she can say that an examined life is the only life worth living.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>From her early childhood in New Zealand and Fiji, Susan Broidy packed and followed her first husband to Hawaii, Iraq, Sudan, Vietnam and Jordan. Working when she could as a journalist and teacher, she left for London in 1976 when her young daughter became seriously ill and began a new life on her own. Overcoming depression and alcoholism, she found a new happiness in her second marriage, and returned to university, earning two Masters degrees in English and International Relations. Her interest in politics led to her being a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats in the election of 1992. On her husband's retirement they moved to Santa Barbara, California until his death in 1997. The author continued her interest in Democratic politics in the Ojai Valley and then in Longmont, Colorado until her retirement in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she carries on writing, to achieve an examined life, the only life worth living.
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