Expat Life Slice by Slice - Gidley, Apple
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From marauding monkeys to strange men in her bedroom, from Africa to Australasia to America, with stops in Melanesia, the Caribbean and Europe along the way, Apple Gidley vividly sketches her itinerant global life. The challenges of expatriation, whether finding a home, a job, or a school are faced mostly with equanimity. Touched with humour and pathos, places come alive with stories of people met and cultures learned, with a few foreign faux pas added to the mix. "A fascinating insight into the world of a lifelong expatriate with the joys, excitement, challenges and sadness that it entails,…mehr

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From marauding monkeys to strange men in her bedroom, from Africa to Australasia to America, with stops in Melanesia, the Caribbean and Europe along the way, Apple Gidley vividly sketches her itinerant global life. The challenges of expatriation, whether finding a home, a job, or a school are faced mostly with equanimity. Touched with humour and pathos, places come alive with stories of people met and cultures learned, with a few foreign faux pas added to the mix. "A fascinating insight into the world of a lifelong expatriate with the joys, excitement, challenges and sadness that it entails, told with great openness, humour and honesty." Brian Friedman, Founder and CEO - The Forum for Expatriate Management www.totallyexpat.com "In a world where definitions of belonging and home are changing, Apple shows us it is possible to live with joy in these new ways." Ruth E. Van Reken, Letters Never Sent, co-author, Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, co-founder, Families in Global Transition "With a novelist's expert control of dialogue, a journalist's eye for detail, a loving mother and wife's compassion, and a raconteur's ability to draw you into her fascinating life, Apple Gidley has written a page-turner memoir." Anne P. Copeland, PhD, Executive Director, The Interchange Institute, www.interchangeinstitute.org
Autorenporträt
A transient life has seen Anglo-Australian Apple Gidley live in countries as diverse as Trinidad and Thailand, Nigeria and The Netherlands, and another eight in between. Her nomadic tendencies saw the first draft of Finding Serenissima take place on St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the last in South Cambridgeshire, England, where she currently lives. Her roles have been varied-editor, intercultural trainer for multi-national corporations, British Honorary Consul to Equatorial Guinea, amongst others. Gidley began writing in 2010, and this, her sixth book, will be followed by a return to historical fiction with the publication of Annie's Day in November 2025. She has written for magazines, has short stories in anthologies, leads the Ickleton Jotters in their search for the perfect story, and writes an irregular blog, A Broad View. Research has started on her next historical novel, once again set amidst the turmoil of war. Visit applegidley.com.