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Chandi Wyant

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A world traveler, writer, and historian, Chandi has lived in Asia, the Middle East, and a variety of European countries. She currently lives part of the year in Italy, where she is an accredited guide to Italy's museums. She holds a Master's degree in Florentine Renaissance history and teaches history online as well as leading small specialized tours in Florence and beyond.

Chandi's memoir about her long-distance pilgrimage in Italy is available in German as well as English.
https://www.amazon.com/Return-Glow-Pi...

She has also written a guide to Qatar where she lived for 3 years: https://www.amazon.com/Qatar-Curious....

Website: www.paradiseofexiles.com
Instagram: @paradiseofexiles

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"This book had the nerve, the audacity, and the unmitigated gall to come into my home where I pay the bills… and let me down.

On the bright side, however, at least it’s not a Percy Jackson movie.

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This is a heartbreaking and heartwarming story exploring a family caught in the grip of shame, secrecy, and ultimately, healing.

Inspired by aspects of her own life, Lisa Montanaro has written a novel that compassionately delves into what happens when
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"@paradiseofexiles Chandi Wyant, my fellow writer in the anthology #onceuponanexpat - today I finished your wonderful memoir Return to Glow. A pilgrimage of transformation in Italy. What a gorgeous read. Beautifully written and had me walking Italy wi" Read more of this review »
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"Loved this memoir! It’s sort of like Eat Pray Love meets Wild—two fantastic memoirs. It’s about a woman who walks Italy’s historic pilgrimage route, Via Francigena, after going through a difficult divorce and a traumatic illness. She takes the reader" Read more of this review »
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Martines perhaps wanted to simply have fun with this book, after having already established himself as a serious scholar. April Blood lacks the rigor of his earlier works. However, the non-scholar will find it laborious to wade through the chapter on ...more
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