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"Bucket List Family Travel: Share the World With Your Kids on 50 Adventures of a Lifetime"

Jessica Gee is a travel influencer with more than five million followers, known as "The Bucket List Mom," who has visited more than 90 different countries with her entrepreneur husband Garrett and their three children. Her new book chronicles the family's adventures and gives advice for family-friendly traveling.

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