Trauma leads to roadtrip on this episode of The Detour Year
by Melina Kolb
In this epic episode of The Detour Year, Jean Fitzgerald, 26, recounts the dramatic time after her mother died during Jean’s first job out of school. She went on a road trip across the country, during which she witnessed tragedy in Yosemite, had a turbulent love affair in Oregon and got stopped by border police near Canada.
Jean made her way across the country after her first job out of school was over.
Hosted by Lizz Kannenberg
Edited by Melina Kolb
Recorded by Bill Healy
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