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02031aam a2200301 i 4500 001 F7FED61CE0A611ECB1535FE75CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220531010027 008 210930s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2021948176 020 $a 159713242X 020 $a 9781597132428 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Andrews, Eleanor F.,. 245 12 $a A dry and thirsty land / $c Eleanor Froiland Andrews. 264 1 $a Waldoboro : $b Goose River Press, $c 2021. 300 $a 343 pages 22cm. 520 $a "During the eleven years I taught English at the Oil Companies School in Tripoli, Libya, I wrote letters once a week, sometimes more, to my mother and father, Torger and Gladys Froiland, in Clear Lake, Iowa. They saved every letter I wrote. When I returned to the States, I stored the letters in a box in the attic of my home in Maine. Decades later, they called to me. I knew that along with memories that would warm my heart, I was sure to open wounds that had been a long time healing. First among these is the death of the man with whom I shared these adventures. My husband, Peter Mott Nowell, died in a diving accident in Brazil on November 29, 1983, at the age of 44. We were teaching at Escola Pan Americana in Salvador Bahia, and in addition to the sadness and terror of losing a loving husband in a foreign country, I felt regret for the loss of a teacher rarely encountered. Peter loved life, teaching, and telling stories. He would have loved to tell this one. In the end, as in life, memories of good times and hopes for discovery tipped the scale. I opened the box of letters as one with a newfound treasure"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20220303. 650 7 $a Loss (Psychology.) 650 1 $a Letters. 650 $a Oil industry workers. 651 $a Libya. 651 $a Clear Lake (Iowa.) 651 1 $a Maine $v Biography. 941 $a 1 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20220531010048.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F7FED61CE0A611ECB1535FE75CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search