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At the end of the previous millennium, noted journalist Mark Jacobson and his wife, Nancy, decided they couldn't take another moment of watching their three children get any stupider. They decided that Rae (sixteen), Rosalie (twelve), and Billy (nine) had become prisoners of the idiot culture, which seemed a terrible waste of perfectly fine DNA. There was only one recourse: to declare war. To get away, far away. To go around the world. 12,000 Miles in the Nick of Time is the story of this three-month trip, a trek through Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, India, Jordan, Israel, France, and England. The itinerary was planned around places that have stood the test of time — the Angkor Wat, Durbar Square in Kathmandu, the ancient Hindu city of Varanasi, Petra in Jordan, the Pyramids at Giza, the Holy City of Jerusalem. The concept: to contrast these immortal works of man with the crap on TV. But it is also a wider journey, stretching across generations, an expedition into the minds of five family members as they make their way through a succession of cramped cars, seventeen-hour train rides, seemingly endless walks through teeming metropolises — and one more bowl of curry.
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JOHN RIGOR
reviewed 12,000 Miles in the Nick of Time: A Semi-Dysfunctional Family Circumnavigates the Globe on July 27, 2020
12,000 Miles in the Nick of Time
I understand this was about parenting and his relationship with his kids, but despite talking about his wife all the time, Mark somehow managed to give her absolutely no life or character. She existed in the past and on the periphery. He gave such detail to strangers, and yet it was like, who is this random woman tagging along? Is she even there?
It's also a little weird that he basically tried to relive trips he and his wife went on as young 'uns with his kids. He made some new experiences, but the world is so big, yet he went back to all these places, and then was upset when things had changed or his kids were disappointed by them. Even though he was very fortunate with all his world travel, and his kids were clearly privileged (I'm completely unfamiliar with NYC and the various places they lived), I'm not sure some of the places he brought them were quite appropriate, despite their being smarter than average. Like the youngest was 9, let him have a little more innocence.
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