From New Orleans, newlyweds Peter and Barbara set out on a two-and-one-half year walk through Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and to the Oregon coast
Barbara Jenkins Bücher
The narrative follows Barbara Jenkins's transformative journey walking across America, beginning with her challenging upbringing in the Ozarks. Her adventurous spirit is ignited by a whirlwind romance with Peter, leading them to embark on a nearly three-year trek from New Orleans to the Pacific Coast. Despite media attention and the thrill of adventure, Barbara confronts harsh realities, including the unraveling of her marriage and numerous physical and emotional challenges. Her story is one of resilience, courage, and the pursuit of self-discovery amid adversity.
From her childhood in colonial Port of Spain, to becoming a young mother in Wales and then returning to Trinidad, Jenkins tells her story with wit, emotional sensitivity and insight. Her experience is one rich with themes of gender, race, colonial politics, migration, language and class, woven into a compelling, poignant, and often very funny narrative.