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Winging It: A Memoir of my Journey to Asia
Lia Russ recounts her experiences as a young woman traveling through Japan, Thailand, India, and Nepal in the mid-1980s.
She shares, for the first time, exquisite photographs of undisturbed places in faraway lands – the Himalayas, Thailand, India and more (many of which have changed beyond recognition).
The events recounted in this book took place 40 years before this book was published. To recreate these events as accurately as possible, Lia utilized her journals from that time, along with letters she wrote to key people in her life.
After returning home, Lia wrote the first draft of this book, 30 years later, the book has finally seen the light of day. To recreate these events as accurately as possible, Lia utilized her journals from that time, along with letters she wrote to key people in her life.
She shares, for the first time, exquisite photographs of undisturbed places in faraway lands – the Himalayas, Thailand, India and more (many of which have changed beyond recognition).
The events recounted in this book took place 40 years before this book was published. To recreate these events as accurately as possible, Lia utilized her journals from that time, along with letters she wrote to key people in her life.
After returning home, Lia wrote the first draft of this book, 30 years later, the book has finally seen the light of day. To recreate these events as accurately as possible, Lia utilized her journals from that time, along with letters she wrote to key people in her life.
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Published October 1, 2024
About the author
Lia Russ
9 books18 followersLia Russ was born high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in a town so small that only three other children were born that year. Perhaps because of the sparseness of human population and the vastness of the natural world, Lia learned to open her senses to connect with the energies of everything around her.
It wasn't until she moved to Westchester County, New York, (at age nine) that she began to realize she was different from other children. Between her sensitivities to energy and a discovery that she was dyslexic, Lia feared that she would never fit in. She grew to dislike her differences, and because there was no support, she began to feel like she was irrevocably stupid and despaired about what life would be like for her as an adult.
This sense of despair followed her and overshadowed her life until that very discomfort caused her to leave the USA for the Far East at nineteen, in search of answers. She has devoted her life to understanding the things that she saw and felt around her that no one else seemed aware of and to finding information that would save others from having to experience the pain of isolation and self-doubt that she went through.
Lia loves nature, animals, solving mysteries, writing, creating art and dancing. She has traveled extensively in the United States, and Asia and currently lives in upstate New York with her boyfriend, two dogs, two cats, two parrots and many plants. Lia collects strays, crystals, and dots.
Lia's work can also be found at : https://www.bookbub.com/authors/lia-russ
It wasn't until she moved to Westchester County, New York, (at age nine) that she began to realize she was different from other children. Between her sensitivities to energy and a discovery that she was dyslexic, Lia feared that she would never fit in. She grew to dislike her differences, and because there was no support, she began to feel like she was irrevocably stupid and despaired about what life would be like for her as an adult.
This sense of despair followed her and overshadowed her life until that very discomfort caused her to leave the USA for the Far East at nineteen, in search of answers. She has devoted her life to understanding the things that she saw and felt around her that no one else seemed aware of and to finding information that would save others from having to experience the pain of isolation and self-doubt that she went through.
Lia loves nature, animals, solving mysteries, writing, creating art and dancing. She has traveled extensively in the United States, and Asia and currently lives in upstate New York with her boyfriend, two dogs, two cats, two parrots and many plants. Lia collects strays, crystals, and dots.
Lia's work can also be found at : https://www.bookbub.com/authors/lia-russ
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