A blind man stumbles through India while learning about love and sexuality. A woman from Ghana hoists water onto her head, coping with the death of her mother. A girl in Japan challenges her overbearing father by dating an American boy. An elderly man in Portland, Oregon holds onto the last remnants of a life forgotten. These are just some of the stories in this collection, which spans an eye-opening journey around the globe, framed by a semester abroad where cultural identity and regional differences compliment absolute human challenges. This is the world tucked away in a suitcase.