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The Gap: Where Life Happens
Stopped dead in her tracks. A life-shattering diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, has Kim Venskunas, a fun loving, free spirited young woman, confronted by a devastating dilemma: give in to her condition or press on with her dream of travel through meaningful work.
In the unexpected gaps between jobs, Kim ventures headlong into a journey of discovery. Hooked on the thrill of living without a plan, she travels the world in search of a better life. As she does, The Gap takes on a new meaning. But can it deliver her dream?
Kim Venskunas is an inspiration to anyone wanting to live life on their own terms and The Gap shows you how it can be done.
If you liked Eat, Pray, Love, The Alchemist or Wild, you’ll be sure to enjoy The Gap.
In the unexpected gaps between jobs, Kim ventures headlong into a journey of discovery. Hooked on the thrill of living without a plan, she travels the world in search of a better life. As she does, The Gap takes on a new meaning. But can it deliver her dream?
Kim Venskunas is an inspiration to anyone wanting to live life on their own terms and The Gap shows you how it can be done.
If you liked Eat, Pray, Love, The Alchemist or Wild, you’ll be sure to enjoy The Gap.
240 pages, ebook
Published October 10, 2018
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About the author
Kim Venskunas
1 bookKIM VENSKUNAS’ free-spirited sense of adventure has resulted in a life dedicated to the exploration of world cultures and experiences. She has travelled the world in search of a meaningful life and a place to call home despite being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, over 25 years ago.
She has worked as a journalist and is the author of The Gap, her inspirational memoir, and The Cry, a manifesto for positive change. She’s now living her dream (almost).
She has worked as a journalist and is the author of The Gap, her inspirational memoir, and The Cry, a manifesto for positive change. She’s now living her dream (almost).
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November 2, 2018
The Gap turned out to be a tricky book to label.
It is pitched as a self help book for lovers of Eat, Pray, Love, The Alchemist and Wild etc. I read all those books and frankly I would not pitch this book amongst them. Purely, because I found it more to be a travel memoir, rather than a self help book.
Finding about about MS diagnosis, especially at such young age, must have been utterly heartbreaking. I suffered with poor health for most of this year and know how terrifying it can be at times. I sincerely applaud the writer for not letting herself to be defined by her illness and for following her dreams and travelling the world.
I would like to thank for the publisher and the author for letting me read a copy of this book.
It is pitched as a self help book for lovers of Eat, Pray, Love, The Alchemist and Wild etc. I read all those books and frankly I would not pitch this book amongst them. Purely, because I found it more to be a travel memoir, rather than a self help book.
Finding about about MS diagnosis, especially at such young age, must have been utterly heartbreaking. I suffered with poor health for most of this year and know how terrifying it can be at times. I sincerely applaud the writer for not letting herself to be defined by her illness and for following her dreams and travelling the world.
I would like to thank for the publisher and the author for letting me read a copy of this book.
October 20, 2018
I think a big mistake was made in the book description by making a comparison to "Eat, Pray, Love," "The Alchemist," and "Wild," all of which I have read. I expected an account of a young woman overcoming a monumental struggle while trying to hold onto a dream. While I do sympathize with her diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, especially at such a comparatively young age, what I encountered was more of a travelogue. These accounts might have been more interesting if I were a person who enjoys travel.
Coincidentally, during the same time I read "The Gap,"I was reading another author's memoir about his horrific battle with epilepsy. As if that were not more than enough to take on while trying to finish college, numerous physicians turned out to be incompetent in the area of epilepsy while treating him. He reached the point where his medications were a handful of doses away from killing him.
So, when I read of Ms. Venskunas's medical diagnosis, but see that she can still quite breezily travel the world, fall in love, come to a few realizations about herself, and still carry on independently with her life, I am happy for her. However, in the introduction to the book, she states the hope that her readers--- assisted by her book, I suppose--- would come to "unlock the path to their dreams.." I just don't see the connection between that statement and her travelogue..
Coincidentally, during the same time I read "The Gap,"I was reading another author's memoir about his horrific battle with epilepsy. As if that were not more than enough to take on while trying to finish college, numerous physicians turned out to be incompetent in the area of epilepsy while treating him. He reached the point where his medications were a handful of doses away from killing him.
So, when I read of Ms. Venskunas's medical diagnosis, but see that she can still quite breezily travel the world, fall in love, come to a few realizations about herself, and still carry on independently with her life, I am happy for her. However, in the introduction to the book, she states the hope that her readers--- assisted by her book, I suppose--- would come to "unlock the path to their dreams.." I just don't see the connection between that statement and her travelogue..
October 27, 2018
The story was well written and I wanted to keep reading to see how it ended. The author gets a diagnosis of MS when she is in her twenties and travels all around the world to live life to the fullest before her symptoms gets worse. Fortunately she has a mild case of the disease and her symptoms are very slow. She travels all over the world and falls in love but her moves on quickly to the next place and has some fantastic experiences. She often says she is trying to find a place to settle in and grow some roots and finds it difficult as she feels she does not belong anywhere. My feeling was that she had travelled so much that she could never really settle comfortably anywhere. I finished the book unsure if would ever find happiness in a community and home.
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