Expat Alien: My Global Adventures - Couverture souple

Gamble, Kathleen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1477634185 ISBN 13 : 9781477634189

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Expat Alien By the time Kathleen was 18 she had lived on 5 continents. When she starts college in California, she experiences severe "reverse" culture shock. She talks about traveling around Europe, seeing the sites from London to Athens, hiking up Swiss mountains, and living in Africa. She survived a plane crash, a coup d'etat in Burma, earthquakes in Mexico, driving through the Andes in Columbia and army ants in Nigeria. Her college peers talk about football games, high school proms and television shows she never heard of. She can't relate to them at all and they think she is bragging about all the places she has been. It is like an alien landed in their dorm room tal...

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Kathleen grew up moving from country to country. She was born in Burma and lived in Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Switzerland and the US. Expat Alien takes you through her memories of each new place and the challenges of adapting to and adopting each new country. With each move there was a chance to re-invent herself and learn about new cultures and geography. Her hardest move is to her passport country where she suffers from “reverse” culture shock. As an adult she finally learns her own tribe is called Third Culture Kids and they all have experienced the same ups and downs of being a global nomads. Kathleen takes it a step farther and crosses over to being an adult expat in Russia and raising her own Third Culture Kid. Follow Kathleen on her journey through the ups and downs of being a Third Culture Kid.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Kathleen Gamble was born and raised overseas. She has lived in 18 cities on 5 continents and visited 40 countries. When she is not at work, working on her blog, or reading, she creates original needlepoint. You can follow her blog at Expatalien.com.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1477634185
• ISBN 13: 9781477634189
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 270