
Home Sweet Anywhere
How We Sold Our House, Created a New Life, and Saw the World
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Lynne Martin
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An enchanting account of how one couple sold everything to fulfill a dream of living abroad - one country at a time
Reunited in love after 35 years and suffering from a serious case of pre-retirement wanderlust, Lynne and Tim Martin made a life-altering decision: They sold their house and possessions and hit the road to live internationally full-time. Now tethered to nothing but their suitcases, each other, and their next exotic location, they've never looked back. From sky-high pyramids in Mexico to monkeys in Marrakech, this delightful, inspiring memoir is a romantic tale of derring-do for grown-ups and a road map for anyone who dreams of turning the idea of life abroad into a reality.
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- DrSarah
- 03-27-15
Wonderful Performance!
Content was engaging and the voice actor was spot on! Amazing and entertaining. Recommended to people who are interested in travel :)
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- Kara
- 06-11-16
Wonderful Adventure
Thank you so much for sharing! I loved listening to your wonderful adventures. Very insightful and encouraging.
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- Mr.
- 06-27-14
A positive experience, thanks for the ride along
Lynne has a very nice persona which comes through in her reading. You want to have dinner with her and her husband and get to know them better. After dinner you could relax and listen to their stories about their travels on the road internationally. This is the feel I got after listening to her book. It was entertaining and informative and you felt like you gained a new friend. Four stars. Not a great book but a good book.I would buy it again and recommend it.
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- Rodney
- 06-20-15
Fun and interesting
Worth the listen. Unique and interesting experiences share so that I learned and was entertained.
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- G. Baker
- 03-04-15
I didn't want it to end
Lynne and Tim's stories, sage advice and warmth is delightful. Unlikely to ever meet them in person, this book was like speaking with an old friend. I did not want the book to end. I could listen to their experiences and stories every day.
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- Jennifer S. Leblanc
- 01-24-15
Wonderfully written
Great adventures and good information mixed in a highly entertaining narrative. Great overall story. I admire the author and am in awe of their love story.
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- Lilly Grace
- 06-04-23
Just not fun
I really wanted to like this book, but I just really don’t…… There are a lot more tedious details than they need to be, and after about the first 15 minutes, I realize that hearing it in the authors voice was definitely not the best choice…
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- DeeDee
- 06-24-14
Delightful!
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I'm a book bitch. I have a horrible habit of buying book after book only to be disappointed in the book immediately or, if lucky, amused for a while yet bored beyond tears before the book ends.
Not with Home Sweet Anywhere.
Every minute entertained and delighted me. Lynne Martin is one of those writers who writes so well she makes it look easy . . . but to keep a memoir upbeat and fresh throughout is a gift.Martin writes in one of those conversational styles that leaves readers saying to themselves "Oh, I could do that!" -- but, make no mistake about it, Martin is a skilled writer. She's also a skilled reader who did an excellent job with the audio version. I cannot imagine listening to this book read by anyone else.
I'm addicted and can hardly wait for Martin's next book. My only complaint is that my husband and I do not have the Tim and Lynne as friends. I knew I loved them the minute I heard Lynne reference Guy Clark's LA Freeway (a favorite song of my husband's and mine) and, later, listened to her explain the passion behind Tim's skull ring.
These were two of the countless tidbits that made me smile along with Lynne's travel writing. Sorry, you'll have to read the book to get the details. No spoilers here.Approach this book expecting to be entertained. Thank goodness, this is NOT a how-to . . . unless you take reading it as a lesson in how to have a good time, in which case you'll get exactly what you pay for.
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- MissOldSoul
- 06-21-18
Target Audience: Retirees
When I picked this book I was hoping to hear a story about a young family that embarked on a home-free journey, not an elderly couple with no dependents, but after getting over my initial disappointment I was pleased to learn about this lifestyle as an alternative to traditional retirement.
I thought the author did an excellent job of describing things in detail, sometimes to the point of boredom for my millennial attention span, but overall the story was unique and charming. It’s a book I would recommend to people who are either retired already and hating it, or those who are planning to and need some ideas and inspiration.
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- Bruce & Jennifer
- 05-24-18
Fun Read
This was a fun story about a couple and their adventures traveling in retirement. It was an interesting book that included how they managed this great adventure.
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