"I had come to a point in my life where I wanted to see and experience the country I remembered, to test my childhood memories against the modern reality."
???Reading Rebecca Haile's memoir as part of the research for the next Elemental World book, whose heroine is Ethiopian-American.

I know, I know. I'm way behind on this bandwagon, but so far The Martian is fantastic. I bought the paperback for a friend of mine, but I'm listening to the audiobook and loving it.