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First We Quit Our Jobs: How One Work Driven Couple Got on the Road to a New Life Paperback - 1997

by Marilyn J. Abraham


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What happens when two executives leave their jobs, friends, and the city behind to hit the road in a twenty-seven foot RV? America the beautiful becomes a place of sights, foods, people, memories, and a little wisdom.
After fifty-two combined years in the corporate fast lane, Marilyn Abraham and her husband, Sandy MacGregor, embarked on an adventure that every work-driven professional dreams about but hardly ever has the courage to realize. They quit their jobs and hit the road in order to retrain themselves in the art of living. For almost a year, the couple traveled nearly 20,000 miles to thirty-one states, including Washington, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Tennessee, and through seven Canadian provinces to Alaska, in the hulking RV they named Sue.
More than just a travelogue, First We Quit Our Jobs is the story of recreating one's life and discovering what is real, what is true, and what is important. Filled with visions of Americana, this personal and touching memoir traces the author's search for meaning in this modern day.

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  • Title First We Quit Our Jobs: How One Work Driven Couple Got on the Road to a New Life
  • Author Marilyn J. Abraham
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dell, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date 1997-01-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780440507574 / 044050757X
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.58 x 0.65 in (21.59 x 14.17 x 1.65 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Career changes - United States, United States - Description and travel
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96033579
  • Dewey Decimal Code 917.304

About the author

Marilyn J. Abraham was an editor and vice president at Simon & Schuster. Her husband, Sandy MacGregor, worked at RCA for nearly twenty years. When MacGregor was dismissed, he and his wife journeyed around the country in a Winnebago for four months and explored life outside the corporate world.
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