Noodle Trails 2, a Travel Memoir: My Secret Century in Budapest, One Senior Woman’s Journey into a Genealogy Mystery, Hungarian and Jewish culture, ancestry, … a new life (Noodle Trails, travel memoirs)

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“Don’t ever bring this up again.” Mom and Dad to me, 1977
“This book brings up everything I could fit in.” Me to you, 2017
Stubborn, wacky senior crosses the world seeking skeletons in the family closet, embraces long-lost cousins and tells it like a witty thriller.
For her 60th birthday, Eileen Kay finally disobeyed her parents’ orders and flew to Hungary, the ancestral homeland. She had nothing but questions, rumors and mysteries but a massive history opened up.
Three years of tenacious research unfolds like a detective story, revealing a weird and wonderful saga of mixed races, reconciliation an eccentric cast of thousands.
By the time she embraced a Holocaust survivor, new friends and flodni cake, Budapest declared her a resident.
Some secrets are much better out than in.
Also in the Noodle Trails series:
Vol 1 Fair Trade, Dung Trade and Travels in Thailand and beyond
Vol 3 Nothing Went to Plan and other silver linings
Coming soon:
Vol 4 Laughter, Hope, Survival – on the refugee trail

From the Publisher

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07SR9ZDQT
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sabre Books London
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 21, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2.4 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 372 pages
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Book 2 of 4 ‏ : ‎ Noodle Trails, travel memoirs
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 – 18 years
Best Sellers Rank: #1,636,093 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #89 in General Hungary Travel Guides #89 in Budapest Travel Guides #315 in Senior Travel
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