She had no plan. Just a twelve-year-old, a suitcase, and something pulling her forward.

Read the opening of Every Year Since - the book that started with a leap of faith that became twenty-four years of returning back.

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A "memoir for anyone who has ever wondered if their life adds up to something" — Nancy Barbee has spent decades answering that question through action. This is the book she was always meant to write.- A memoir spanning decades of service, love, and purposeful living- Stories from India — the villages, the people, and Dhanbad, the city that stole her heart.And proof that ordinary lives, lived with intention, leave an extraordinary mark.

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Nancy Barbee
A retired kindergarten teacher from North Carolina. Nancy has travelled to India every year since 2001 as a Rotary International volunteer, raised 4 million dollars towards Polio eradication — leading immunisation teams, building school libraries, and showing up for communities most people never reach. She will be featured in the Open Planet documentary series in 2026.

Having been with you to those places really made it all come together in my mind. I especially enjoyed understanding the backstory behind your love for Dhanbad. Your writing style is relaxed and conversational — most of the time I could hear your voice reading it to me, almost as if it were an audiobook."— ROLO CUADRADO, Reader

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