When Margot returns home after her senior year abroad and finds love in Canada, will she relocate and live happily ever after?
Her memoir debuts with the flight across the pond on her high school graduation day, then flashbacks to her childhood where she develops the love of travel. She embraces the European lifestyle in a fairytale far away from the hustle and bustle of city life on a student exchange program. A shock to her system when she returns home to face the reality of continuing her education, embarking on a career, and then a weekend adventure in Canada changes everything; finding love, a permanent international relocation, and a new life.
“The big red suitcase: How a love for travel led to adventure, culture shock, and diverse learning experiences,” is a stunning debut memoir from Margot who grew up in America and Europe and ended up in Canada. A novel of self-discovery based on real life events adapting to different cultures, nurturing lifelong friendships, enduring hardships, and maintaining family ties across the border. A teenage adventure of a lifetime across the pond opened her eyes to a world of love, diversity, and endless possibilities. Margot Stornelli
Margot –
An exciting adventure to leave home as a teenager and live with another family in a foreign land. She was courageous to rely on strangers to provide a home and family life in an unknown world. That year was full of adventures and lasting memories. And a few years later, she moves again, across the border to Canada. Thinking it would be just like home, she soon realized, it was a very different cultural and political climate. She endured and adapted, and lived happily ever after. The Big Red Suitcase has witnessed many adventures across North America and Europe, a travel companion recording memories and forming lifelong friendships.
Margot –
The Big Red Suitcase has witnessed many adventures across North America and Europe, a travel companion creating memories and forming lifelong friendships. Adapting and living in foreign countries has strengthened her character and resilience to overcome many hardships.
Margot –
A story of adventure, resilience, and culture shock for a young female teenager on a student exchange program in a foreign land.