Expat Women's True Tales of Life Abroad

An inspiring collection of writing by female expatriates follows dozens ofomen on globe-trotting adventures that will take them as far afield asorneo, China, and the Ukraine. Original.

Christina Henry de Tessan has worked in publishing in San Francisco and Seattle and as a freelance translator, editor, and book reviewer in Paris. She recently coedited A Woman Alone: Travel Tales from Around the Globe. She lives on an island outside of Seattle.

Introduction

xi

Before and after Mexico

1

(9)

Gina Hyams

A Taste of Home

10

(8)

Tonya Ward Singer

The Liverpool School of Dream and Pun

18

(26)

Rhiannon Paine

The Long Conversation

44

(14)

Deryn P. Verity

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackboard

58

(23)

Leza Lowitz

Jean-Claude Van Damn That Was a Good Movie!

81

(8)

Emily Wise Miller

Mediterranean Thanksgiving, Take Two

89

(18)

Mandy Dowd

When the Skinheads Start to Grow Hair, Its Time to Leave Town

107

(13)

Angeli Primlani

Watching Them Grow Up

120

(13)

Laura Fokkena

Wasabi Was the Bitter Herb

133

(13)

Karen Rosenberg

Making a Stir-Fry in Eastern Europe

146

(7)

Stephanie Loleng

Muddy Waters in Borneo

153

(17)

Meg Wirth

Never-Never

170

(15)

Juleigh Howard-Hobson

First, the Blanket

185

(10)

Kate Baldus

Beautiful New World

195

(16)

Emmeline Chang

Saudades

211

(11)

Eliza Bonner

In Search of Zorba

222

(19)

Marci Laughlin

Living the Dream in Paris

241

(11)

Christina Henry de Tessan

Conversation in Denmark

252

(11)

Lesley-Ann Brown

Best Friends and Balaclavas

263

(13)

Erica Jacobs

Growing Season

276

(8)

Sadie Ackerman

Kashmar

284

(15)

Julie van Arcken

About the Contributors

299

(6)

About the Editor

305

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Expat Women's True Tales of Life Abroad

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