What I Said When People Asked Why
How do you explain leaving everything behind to travel the world? The truth was too big for small talk.
Clara Ritger
Clara is the author of the forthcoming New York Times Bestselling memoir Object in Motion. She is a writer and documentary filmmaker whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and NBC News.
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