Walking Each Other Home Again

By Laurie Oman ,

Book cover of Walking Each Other Home Again: A young Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger, 1960's, and her return 30 years later

Book description

In this delightful and insightful memoir of a mid-century American girl coming of age as a new bride in a remote village in Niger, West Africa, Laurie Oman generously shares a unique place and time that will live on in readers' hearts forever. We are right there with her as…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked Walking Each Other Home Again as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Truly a “two for the price of one” read! This tale begins in the early days of the Peace Corps, where newlyweds Laurie and Rich are assigned volunteer posts in Niger (pronounced nee-zher), Laurie as a public health worker, and Rich on an agricultural assignment at a peanut cooperative. Packed with lively prose and riveting tales of close calls, humorous misunderstandings, finding one’s feet, discovering meaning in the midst of suffering, and the bewildering feeling of displacement upon arriving back in the States, the first half of the story encompasses all the earmarks of a “classic” Peace Corps experience.…

From Christine's list on serving in the Peace Corps.

If you love Walking Each Other Home Again...

Ad

Book cover of The Beatles and the 1960s: Reception, Revolution, and Social Change

The Beatles and the 1960s by Kenneth L. Campbell,

The Beatles are widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band in history and their career has been the subject of many biographies. Yet the band's historical significance has not received sustained academic treatment to date. In The Beatles and the 1960s, Kenneth L. Campbell uses The…

Want books like Walking Each Other Home Again?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 68 books like Walking Each Other Home Again.

Browse books like Walking Each Other Home Again

Book cover of River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
Book cover of Dear Exile: The True Story Of Two Friends Separated (For A Year) By An Ocean
Book cover of Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

2,359

readers submitted
so far, will you?

Ad

📚 If you like Walking Each Other Home Again, you might also like...

Book cover of Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure

Tap Dancing on Everest by Mimi Zieman,

Tap Dancing on Everest, part coming-of-age memoir, part true-survival adventure story, is about a young medical student, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor raised in N.Y.C., who battles self-doubt to serve as the doctor—and only woman—on a remote Everest climb in Tibet.

The team attempts a new route up…

Book cover of Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools

Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools by Victoria Twead,

Wall Street Journal Top 10 and New York Times bestselling author. 

"James Herriot meets Driving over Lemons"

If Joe and Vicky had known what relocating to a tiny mountain village in Andalucía would REALLY be like, they might have hesitated... They have no idea of the culture shock in store.…

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in the Peace Corps, villages, and Oman?

The Peace Corps 13 books
Villages 165 books
Oman 11 books