At the height of the Great Recession of 2008-2009, Levonne and John give up their jobs and a home in the U.S. southwest to chase their dream through California parks in an RV. They seek meaningful work in a Central Coast California community that they will love. They encounter many unexpected twists and turns along the way including threats of floods, the discovery of a dead body near their campsite and unemployment as their savings dwindle. "This Restless Life" includes selected blog posts, forty-four full-color photographs and collage images.

This Restless Life: A dream chased through California parks in an RV

Arts & Photography

Gaddy, Levonne

Photography & Video

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

<p>When adult Levonne Gaddy returns to the rural North Carolina community, where she was born and raised, to attend her mother's funeral, the director bars her entry to the viewing room, assuming she is white and therefore not related to the “colored” woman in the coffin. A sad, funny, and poignant story of childhood emerges as memories surface of racism and of the dysfunctional family life she left behind. Turmoil during the 1960's racial integration of southern schools fill her mind, as do the challenges of her first job, at age eleven, as the live-in caregiver for an elderly white woman. How will she come to terms with a childhood that includes rape and the death of her father? How will she make peace with the loss of the woman who gave birth to her but with whom she always struggled to make a connection?</p>

Three Red Suitcases: A Southern Childhood

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Starlight Publications

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