The book "Free From School" By Rahul Alvarez was published in 1999 and tells the story of boy from India Who wants to discover the world for himself. The book has 14 chapters. It starts describing how he got his first job in a local fish shop in chapter 1. In Chapter 2 Learning a Bit of Farming he tells the story of his return to the farm where he and his family had lived years ago. All in all the book narrates the adventures of a young boy and his desires for learning about life.
What motivated the Narrator from the book to take a Sabbatical year was:
His desire to experience and learn about real life.