New Old World
C. D. Stowell
- Ticonderoga
- Fox
- had
- three
- wishes
- as
- a
- child:
- to
- live
- on
- an
- Indian
- reservation,
- to
- publish
- a
- book,
- and
- to
- see
- Paris.
- Now
- almost
- forty,
- the
- restless
- photojournalist
- has
- bagged
- the
- first
- two
- and
- is
- on
- her
- way
- to
- fulfilling
- the
- third.
- Beyond
- that,
- Ti's
- future
- is
- out
- of
- focus.NEW
- OLD
- WORLD
- is
- a
- late
- bloomer's
- coming-of-age
- story
- that
- pits
- one
- headstrong
- woman
- against
- two
- continents.
- Motherless
- almost
- since
- birth
- and
- independent
- to
- a
- fault,
- Ti
- Fox
- has
- become
- expert
- at
- avoiding
- entanglements.
- In
- 1975
- she
- uprooted
- herself
- from
- one
- edge
- of
- America
- to
- start
- a
- new
- life
- on
- the
- other.
- Now,
- in
- 1988,
- she's
- on
- the
- move
- again,
- trading
- a
- good
- job
- and
- a
- good
- man
- in
- Oregon
- for
- a
- one-way
- ticket
- to
- see
- what
- the
- Old
- World
- has
- in
- store
- for
- her.
- It
- could
- be
- a
- garret
- to
- write
- in,
- a
- new
- photographic
- project,
- just
- a
- relaxing
- interlude—or
- something
- else
- altogether.During
- her
- nine
- months
- in
- England
- and
- France,
- Ti
- has
- a
- series
- of
- encounters
- that
- call
- into
- question
- the
- choices
- she's
- made,
- or
- overlooked.
- She
- finds
- rest,
- comfort,
- and
- inspiration
- by
- the
- sea
- in
- Dorset;
- is
- unexpectedly
- moved
- by
- her
- mother's
- ancestral
- roots
- on
- the
- island
- of
- Guernsey;
- learns
- the
- story
- of
- her
- uncle's
- time
- in
- France
- during
- the
- Second
- World
- War;
- and
- feels
- lonely
- for
- perhaps
- the
- first
- time
- in
- her
- life.
- In
- a
- weak
- moment
- in
- Paris,
- she
- contacts
- an
- Englishman
- she'd
- known
- as
- a
- college
- student,
- and
- sparks
- fly.
- Unhinged
- by
- the
- resulting
- cultural
- and
- religious
- war,
- Ti
- flees
- Paris
- for
- the
- south
- of
- France,
- ultimately
- landing
- in
- a
- new
- old
- world
- where
- creativity
- and
- human
- connection
- are
- in
- balance.The
- story
- of
- Ticonderoga
- Fox
- is
- told
- principally
- from
- her
- own
- perspective,
- but
- is
- bookended
- by
- the
- voices
- of
- family
- and
- friends.
- Further
- enhancing
- the
- non-traditional
- narrative
- are
- black
- and
- white
- photographs
- and
- a
- bit
- of
- poetry.
- While
- NEW
- OLD
- WORLD
- focuses
- on
- Ti's
- inner
- landscape,
- it
- also
- unfolds
- against
- a
- variety
- of
- backdrops,
- immersing
- the
- reader
- in
- geography,
- travel,
- culture,
- photography,
- and
- family
- dynamics.(Enhanced
- 2018
- edition
- contains
- a
- Reading
- Guide
- for
- book
- groups
- or
- individual readers.)
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