About the Book

IMG_1746 - Version 5Travels without Charley: A Marriage Sabbatical is about honoring lingering dreams, about imperfect relationships and marital negotiation.

This memoir documents Leah’s yearlong solo sabbatical at the age of sixty-one to pursue a personal dream that her husband did not share. We follow her journey, her long-distance relationship and reunions with her husband as well as her surprising discovery of what she really left home to learn.

Travels without Charley will invite you to reflect, inspire courage, and perhaps convince you that later life is a perfect time for fulfilling important dreams, renegotiating long-term relationships, and allowing yourself to fully blossom.