Elaine Gartner

Curriculum Vitae Elaine Gartner

From award-winning author Elaine Gartner comes a memoir to share and celebrate the confusion of navigating and surviving your twenties. When confronted with the road to academia and the road less traveled, Elaine Gartner chose both. After graduating from college and attempting a career in filmmaking, Gartner left behind her field of study to embark on an adventure to find the ideal career. Spanning a decade and across the ocean, from jobs in shoe stores and animal sanctuaries in America to health spas and food delivery in Greece, Gartner's search for a perfect life led her to an unexpected one. With a mind as open as her heart, Gartner transformed the stepping-stones of her twenties into valuable life lessons. Curriculum Vitae is a collection of humorous autobiographical essays about a young woman's international journey to find happiness and fulfillment through various unconventional jobs. Readers of all ages will share in Gartner's struggles and triumphs along her convoluted route to happiness.