Episode 10: Author Evelyn LaTorre on Peace Corps Service, Publishing Two Books Back-to-Back, and a Stubborn Love That Continues to Defy the Odds 55 Years In

2021-04-28

Like many Peace Corps volunteers, young Evelyn LaTorre fell in love with a handsome man native to the country where she served. The two eventually married. Unlike many of her fellow Peace Corp peers, Evelyn remains happily married to the same man 55 years later.Here, Evelyn shares her story of determination to overcome a surprise pregnancy before marriage, her parents disapproval, the cross-cultural differences between Evelyn and her husband, and and the grit it's now taking to publish two memoirs, back-to-back.You'll learn:The ingredients that have led to a successful partnership between Evelyn and her husband.How Christmas newsletters saved over the years can help form a book. That it's never too late to publish your first book. For show notes, click here.Evelyn is the author of Between Inca Walls and Love in Any LanguageLizbeth’s links Support the podcast and Lizbeth's writing for $2 or $5 a month on Patreon HEREOR Buy Lizbeth a Coffee Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime, now streaming on Roku, Vudu, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold! Interested in seeing if you and Lizbeth would partner well for 1:1 coaching? Sign up for one free session to see. Need a motivational speaker? Sign up HERE to talk with Lizbeth about your needs.

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Lizbeth's memoir Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters can be ordered where books are sold, and is now a TV movie, #Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime.

Lizbeth's second book, Grounded in Grit: Turn Your Challenges Into Superpowers is available to order wherever books are sold!

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