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Call You When I Land
Call You When I Land: A Memoir | Nikki Vargas
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"Colorful, vivid storytelling.... for anyone looking for a road to reinvention." Kristin Newman A soul-stirring memoir from Colombian immigrant and travel journalist Nikki Vargas, whisking us through the countries that brought her new love, self-discovery, and the inspiration to launch the first international feminist travel magazine, Unearth Women. At twenty-six years old, life looked a certain way for Nikki Vargas. Shed settled in New York City ready to join the ranks of the Carrie Bradshaws of the world, had landed in a promising advertising career, and was newly engaged to her college sweetheart. But between corporate happy hours and wedding dress fittings, she couldnt shake a deep underlying sense of imposter syndrome, a voice telling her that she was rocketing towards a future that didnt look like her. And so, she bought a plane ticket: first to Cartagena. Then to Panama. Then to Iguaz. What begins with one freelance travel writing assignment escalates into a whirlwind, globe-spanning journey that would transform Nikkis life. Taking her from the street food stalls of Vietnam to the cascading waterfalls of Argentina, Nikki uncovers shocking truths about her family, comes face to face with a new love interest or two and ultimately turns a no-name blog into the internationally celebrated venture of Unearth Women, the first major female-focused travel publication. Told in transporting detail and candid reflections, Call You When I Land takes the familiar story of a woman going abroad to find herself and turns it on its head, as the act of traveling becomes, for Nikki, an exhilarating career path and ultimately a tool to champion womens voices across the world.
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CaliforniaCay
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Mehso-so

First book of the new year 🎉 Too bad it wasn't a hit 😕 I wanted to like this sooo much more than I did. She briefly mentions some of her travels but the focus is more on her relationship woes and dreams of being a writer. This reads like a worshipper of Bourdain, Gilbert, and Strayed who traveled just so she could write about her experiences, but she didn't say much about what those experiences were. I was a wee but inspired, so not all bad ✈️

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steph_phanie
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Although this contained more of Nikki Vargas' love life/relationship struggles than I expected, I still really enjoyed her memoir. This has been a year of reevaluating my career path and trying to push myself to pursue what I've always wanted to do, so Vargas' personal journey and growth was a lot of what I needed to hear right now. Plus, I loved the stories from her travels! They resonated with my own wanderlust-filled heart. (Audiobook)