Adolescent Abroad

After graduating from high school in the late 1980s, Peter Salten moved from the US to Denmark for a year of study abroad. The letters he wrote to his mom while in Denmark are collected in Adolescent Abroad. In these open and honest letters Peter describes his reactions to the psychological and social challenges facing a maturing adolescent, one on his own abroad, while trying to maintain a sense humor about his situation and conduct...

Marie Salten, Peter's mom, provides an Introduction to Peter's early life, and describes the close relationship between the two of them. She also provides cogent psychological and social commentary for each of Peter's letters. Marie holds a graduate degree in counseling psychology.