Adolescent Abroad: Peter's Letters to Mom

From the latter days of pen-and-ink Re-live the adventures and travails of an energetic young man Finding his way in foreign territory In life as well as culture During a year of study abroad...After graduating from high school in the late 1980s Peter Salten moved from the US to Denmark for a year of study abroad. The letters he wrote to his mom while in Denmark are collected in Adolescent Abroad. In these open and honest letters Peter describes his reactions to the psychological and social challenges facing a maturing adolescent one on his own abroad while trying to maintain a sense humor about his situation and conduct...Marie Salten Peters mom provides an Introduction to Peters early life and describes the close relationship between the two of them. She also provides cogent psychological and social commentary for each of Peters letters. Marie holds a graduate degree in counseling psychology.