One-Way Ticket: Leaving Home for Good

By Jerry Coleman

On August 13, 1996, Jerry Coleman and his family left the suburbs on a One-Way Ticket to Budapest, Hungary in Europe. As a family, they learned the Hungarian language, connected with people in their community and tried to resist the desire to pack it up and go back to a more comfortable life (read Let’s Go Sell Insurance). One-Way Ticket helps address the questions: “What would it be like to live in another country?” “What would it be like to take my family on a One-Way Ticket?” “What would it be like to send a loved one far away from home?” “What would it be like to leave home for good?”