{"id":2014,"date":"2016-01-28T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/?page_id=2014"},"modified":"2020-12-30T13:17:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T16:17:25","slug":"gmdg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/gmdg\/","title":{"rendered":"GMDG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[one_third]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/GMDC-seal-300.jpg\" alt=\"GMDC-seal-300\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Good Morning Diego Garcia<br \/>\nA Journey of Discovery<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1943158908\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1943158908&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=peelbookscom-20&amp;linkId=UW666EANFEAHTGIE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/amazon-buy.gif\" alt=\"amazon-buy-GMDG\" width=\"120\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Series: Journeys (Book 2)<br \/>\nPaperback: 264 pages<br \/>\nPublisher: Peel Productions, Inc.<br \/>\nLanguage: English<br \/>\nISBN-10: 1943158908<br \/>\nISBN-13: 978-1943158904<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/IBAfinalist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3279\" src=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/IBAfinalist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/IBAfinalist.jpg 240w, https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/IBAfinalist-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/IBAfinalist-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/NIEA-Finalist-Award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3281\" src=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/NIEA-Finalist-Award.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/NIEA-Finalist-Award.jpg 240w, https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/NIEA-Finalist-Award-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/NIEA-Finalist-Award-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/IBAfinalistTIFF.tiff\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3277\" src=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/IBAfinalistTIFF.tiff\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/one_third]<\/p>\n<p>[two_third_last]Do you believe that your human potential is greater than your day-to-day state of being?<\/p>\n<p>Do you sometimes experience \u201cweirdness\u201d or \u201cextraordinary moments\u201d that seem to be glimpses into an alternative reality?<\/p>\n<p><em>Good Morning Diego Garcia<\/em> is a psychological and psychic exploration forged in the chaos of horrendous storms in the Indian Ocean during monsoon season. Following the loss of a child, war in Cyprus, and with growing suspicions that her husband has a secret life, Susan confronts the elements, and evidence that nothing is as it seems.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re young, living comfortably in southern California. You\u2019re financially secure, though you don\u2019t know why or how. Your husband simply ignores you when you ask too many questions. He\u2019s hoping for another job overseas, doing something. You\u2019re not sure what, but you suspect it\u2019s not what he says.<\/p>\n<p>Your marriage is shaky. You survived a war in Cyprus together, and lost everything. Now you\u2019re basically biding time.<\/p>\n<p>A letter arrives from friends you knew in Cyprus. They\u2019re sailing a new yacht from Taiwan to Europe for a Swedish millionaire. You\u2019re invited to join them in Sri Lanka, as crew. Neither of you knows boats, but you\u2019ll learn \u2014 it will be the trip of a lifetime, cruising the Indian Ocean in a pleasure yacht!<\/p>\n<p>And, it turns out, in monsoon season. With no charts. And an emotionally unstable crew mate. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n<p>SPOILER: <em><strong>everything.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28650559-good-morning-diego-garcia\">Goodreads reviews for Good Morning Diego Garcia<\/a><\/h2>\n<style>\n #goodreads-widget {<br \/>   font-family: georgia, serif;<br \/>   padding: 18px 0;<br \/>   width:575px;<br \/> }<\/p>\n<p> #goodreads-widget a {<br \/>   text-decoration: none;<br \/>   color:#660;<br \/> }<br \/> iframe{<br \/>   background-color: #ffffff;<br \/> }<br \/> #goodreads-widget a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }<br \/> #goodreads-widget a:active {<br \/>   color:#660;<br \/> }<br \/> #gr_footer {<br \/>   width: 100%;<br \/>   border-top: 1px solid #BBB596;<br \/>   text-align: right;<br \/> }<br \/> #goodreads-widget .gr_branding{<br \/>   color: #382110;<br \/>   font-size: 11px;<br \/>   text-decoration: none;<br \/>   font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;<br \/> }<br \/><\/style>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"the_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/api\/reviews_widget_iframe?did=DEVELOPER_ID&amp;format=html&amp;header_text=Goodreads+reviews+for+Good+Morning+Diego+Garcia&amp;isbn=1943158908&amp;links=660&amp;min_rating=&amp;num_reviews=&amp;review_back=ffffff&amp;stars=000000&amp;stylesheet=&amp;text=444\" width=\"575\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/wp-content\/uploads\/5star-shiny-web-1.png\" alt=\"5star-shiny-web\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Good Morning Diego Garcia: A Journey of Discovery, Journeys Book 2<\/em> is a non-fiction travel memoir written by Susan Joyce. Joyce and her husband, Charles, were planning on writing a book together detailing their experiences in and escape from Cyprus during the coup and war of 1974. They were currently staying in a rental home in Ojai, California for this new joint project when they received a letter from friends of theirs; Dylan, an English boat captain, and his Israeli girlfriend, Mia. When Susan and Charles knew them, they had been living on a Swedish millionaire&#8217;s yacht. They would be sailing the Swede&#8217;s newest sailboat across the Indian Ocean from the tip of Sri Lanka down to Seychelles and then through the Suez Canal, and they invited Susan and Charles to crew with them. It would be an adventure of a lifetime, Charles had thought, but Susan, a non-swimmer, was not quite sure. In any event, they were soon on their way to India, their first port of call.<\/p>\n<p>Susan Joyce&#8217;s non-fiction travel memoir, Good Morning Diego Garcia: A Journey of Discovery, Journeys Book 2, is such an exciting and eventful tale that I often had to check and see that it was indeed not an adventure novel, but a true story. I enjoyed the author&#8217;s detailed accounts of places where she and her husband stayed in India, and found myself getting hungry each time she described the marvelous meals they enjoyed throughout their adventure. The portion of her memoir that deals with the actual voyage across the Indian Ocean is superb. I could see the gigantic swells tossing the sailboat around and the waterspouts appearing in the distance, and I was fascinated by the different ways each of the sailors dealt with the continual battering by the ocean and the ever-present possibility that their boat would sink. <em>Good Morning Diego Garcia<\/em> is well-written, and the author&#8217;s conversational style makes it quite easy to get wrapped up in her tale. It&#8217;s highly recommended.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014\u00a0Jack Magnus for <em>Readers\u2019 Favorite<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Good Morning Diego Garcia: A Journey of Discovery<\/em> by Susan Joyce is Book 2 in a series of travel memoirs that chronicle her adventure from the US to Sri Lanka, to Bombay, and across the eternity of the ocean, an adventure that curiously led her deeper into the depths of herself. In one of those doodles she makes in the still, quiet hours of the day, she reveals her deepest thoughts and new vistas into her questing soul. Here is one that captures the pulse of her heart, and perhaps, the reason for this book: <em>Collect information! Embrace Unknown! Embrace Uncertainty!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In <em>Good Morning Diego Garcia: A Journey of Discovery,<\/em> Susan Joyce comes across as a skillful storyteller. Her memoir goes beyond the retelling of a personal story to becoming one of the beautiful social commentaries of her time. Written with simplicity, this book is about courage. The tone can be serious, and at times humorous, but readers will love this book for the author&#8217;s candor and honesty, and in the way she opens her heart to readers, revealing a very rich humanity. The dialogue, at every instant, feels honest and natural; the characters are as real and convincing as any non-fictional characters could be.<\/p>\n<p>The lessons from these personal travel stories are universal. It\u2019s interesting to see how the author\u2019s courage guides her in making choices that reveal her to herself and how embracing the unknown can be the surest path towards growth and self-discovery. This is one of the travel books that I\u2019ll highly recommend to readers. I loved the book. I smiled, laughed, and felt knots in my tummy at times. It\u2019s very entertaining and educative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014\u00a0Romuald Dzemo for Readers\u2019 Favorite<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[\/two_third_last]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[one_third] Good Morning Diego Garcia A Journey of Discovery Series: Journeys (Book 2) Paperback: 264 pages Publisher: Peel Productions, Inc. 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