Tag: Expats

English, Europe, New Cultures

The Expats: a novel

Author: Chris Pavone

Language: English

Summary: In the cobblestoned streets of Luxembourg, Kate Moore’s days are filled with playdates and coffee mornings, her weekends spent in Paris and skiing in the Alps. But Kate is also guarding a tremendous, life-defining secret—one that’s become so unbearable that it begins to unravel her newly established expat life. She suspects that another American couple are not who they claim to be; her husband is acting suspiciously; and as she travels around Europe, she finds herself looking over her shoulder, increasingly terrified that her own past is catching up with her. As Kate begins to dig, to uncover the secrets of the people around her, she finds herself buried in layers of deceit so thick they threaten her family, her marriage, and her life.
Stylish and sophisticated, fiercely intelligent, and expertly crafted, The Expats proves Chris Pavone to be a writer of tremendous talent. – Source: Amazon.com

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lindsay de feliz
English, South America, Stories and Experiences

Life After My Saucepans: Lifting the Lid on Living in the Dominican Republic

Author: Lindsay De Feliz

Language: English

Summary: In What About Your Saucepans? Lindsay de Feliz gave up marriage and a successful career in the UK to follow her dreams as a scuba diving instructor in the Dominican Republic. She met and married her Dominican man and went on an incredible adventure involving political corruption and being shot in her own home. Life After My Saucepans continues the story with Lindsay and Danilo living in hiding, away from the beaches and tourist resorts, in the mountainous, remote, sparsely populated north-west of the country. Will Danilo return to politics, will they turn their lives around and will they adapt to their new surroundings? While visitors will recognise the descriptions of local men who scam foreign women (sanky pankys), they will also experience a different side of the country from Lindsay’s colourful narrative where the friendly, yet quirky, nature of the Dominican people is uncovered. Full of incident, adventure, laughter and tears Lindsay describes her day-to-day life with her indomitable husband Danilo, as she comes to realise this is where she was always meant to be. – Source: Amazon.com

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choose life
English, How-to Guides

Choose Life: The Tools, Tricks, and Hacks of Long-Term Family Travellers, Worldschoolers and Digital Nomads

Author: Daniel Prince

Language: English

Summary: So many of us are stuck on the hamster wheel of life, much like King Sisyphus who was eternally tormented, forced to roll a boulder to the top of a mountain, only to watch it roll back down again! This book is living and working proof that by thinking just a little differently and taking what you perceive to be a risk, you can forge a better, fuller life for yourself and your family. Step inside the life of Daniel Prince and his family, long-term family travellers, worldschoolers and digital nomads. Learn about the sharing economy and how you can leverage it to your advantage. Gain insight into the many blueprints for a better path that are out there waiting to be discovered. This book is the perfect launchpad from which to start your journey. It’s almost impossible to put down. More importantly, it’s backed up by the proof of the author and his family’s epic journey and life transformation since quitting the rat race! Author Daniel Prince goes to great lengths to share valuable knowledge, tips, emotions, coping mechanisms and much more. He holds nothing back in his quest to share his message with other young families. There is a way to do this! This is how one family made it possible, and how you can do it too! Opening this book is your invitation to step off the wheel. – Source: Amazon.com

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conjoint expatrié
Français, How-to Guides

Conjoint d’expatrié: votre carrière continue!

Author: Stéphanie Talleux

Language: Français

Summary: Avec la mondialisation, les opportunités de s’expatrier se multiplient. Les mythes liés à l’expatriation sont nombreux et la tentation de partir vivre l’aventure est forte. Et pourtant, alors que vous voici au pied du mur et qu’une décision doit être prise, vous hésitez: quelle est la face cachée de l’expatriation? Ce livre dresse un état des lieux, du point de vue du conjoint (dangers liés à son bien-être, risques de rupture de sa carrière) et apporte tous les conseils nécessaires pour valoriser son expatriation sur le plan professionnel. Fruit de trois ans d’investigation auprès des acteurs de la mobilité internationale (DRH, psychologues, médecins coachs) et enrichi de nombreux témoignages de conjoints du monde entier, cet ouvrage propose des outils adaptés et accessibles à tous pour construire son projet, se mettre en valeur et réussir dans le monde très particulier de l’expatriation. – Source: Amazon.fr

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kristin louise duncombe
English, Europe, Stories and Experiences

Five Flights Up: Sex, Love, and Family, from Paris to Lyon

Author: Kristin Louise Duncombe

Language: English

Summary: “How can you be sick of living in Paris?” Life unravels when American psychotherapist Kristin Louise Duncombe faces being uprooted again—to follow her husband from their secure nest in Paris to bourgeois Lyon. The result is a touchstone memoir for anyone facing a move, dealing with marital ghosts, or confronting the professional death of starting anew. Duncombe’s unique specialty is helping “trailing spouses” maintain their sanity while following their other half around the globe. But she must reconfigure everything she thought she knew about her “expat expertise” when her child sinks into existential crisis, addiction to Lyonnais cream puffs blooms, and tea time is to be had with glamorous French moms whose sex lives include swingers’ parties. This boisterous, big-hearted book provides a compelling glimpse into love, family, and sex in France, and a modern family grappling with the inevitable downs – and ups – of building a new life. – Source: Amazon.com

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