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How
Do They Live Like That?
BOOK REVIEW
by Alice Zyetz
Most RV books and magazine articles
address the how-to issues: how to get your mail, how
to select an RV, how to find places to park, how to
fix any physical system that will fail, and, of course,
where to travel next. After ten years of traveling,
I have learned from my experiences and others' that
the hardest "system" to fix is the human one.
For many people who have lived long and fruitful lives
together in a house with a number of rooms and a life
with a number of separate activities, being thrust together
in one box twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week,
many months in a row can be a shock. Some books do address
these issues, but very briefly.
In How Do They Live Like That? Answers
for Those Who Wonder, former family counselors
Judy Farrow and Lou Stoetzer have created a unique book
describing the human interactions inside the tin boxes
we inhabit. Dr. Ludy, as they refer to themselves, apply
their years of professional knowledge, their own nine
years' experience on the road, and their eighteen-month
research project with RVers. The result is a book full
of insight and suggestions to help RVers deal with each
other, their families and friends left behind, and other
life issues, including their health, aging on the road,
and finally hanging up the keys...[Read
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