Far, far from home

By Ruth McKenney

Subjects: family misadventures, humor, living abroad, Description and travel

Description: Memoir of the author and her familys move to Brussels, Belgium after the second world war. Humorous look at a family completely unprepared for their immersion into a foreign country, with small chidren, but no foreign laguage skills. McKenney is the author of **My Sister Eileen,* humorous tales of two sisters who move to New York from Ohio. This book was the source material for the play with the same name and the musical *Wonderful Town.*