Expat wife in China is a book that portrays incidents, funny and strange situations, emotions and frustrations that an expat wife can and most likely will experience in China. By sharing her own experiences as an expat wife in China, and capturing these in real-life anecdotes, Sanet illustrates in various situations that the reality encountered by an expat wife is far from one's expectation. The experience of the spouse, especially a non-working wife, differs markedly from that of the international employee and it is this "differentness" in this unique and special culture that Sanet wants to share with future expat wives. Employers of expats would also benefit from gaining a better understanding of the spouse's experience, as this understanding could contribute to the success of the expat assignment.

Based on extensive interviews with 20 North American millennial expats, this book is as much about overcoming obstacles and living with a can-do spirit as it is about China, its people, its institutions, and its wide array of international residents. Whether a current or future sojourner to China, a concerned family member, or someone with a healthy curiosity about the Middle Kingdom, you'll want to read this book that showcases China through the eyes of a diverse group of outsiders!

“Em’s Awful Good Fortune takes its reader across the world and deep into the heart of its trapped, privileged, suffering, and, ultimately, invincible narrator.” —Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Set against the backdrop of the expat lifestyle, Em’s Awful Good Fortune is about marriage—love and family, work and compromise, betrayal and heartbreak, resentment and resolution. Weaving back and forth in time and between cities and countries, Em’s booming voice—fierce, funny, and relatable—is the engine that drives this story. Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Detroit, Los Angeles and Seoul—Em stomps her way around the world on the personal journey to reimagine and reclaim her voice. True to life, this is a disorderly journey—one that ultimately leads to a new understanding of partnership and the complexity of relationships. For lovers of books by Jennifer Egan, Sally Rooney, and Elizabeth Strout.

From being a TV newsreader in Sydney to a hotelier's wife in the heart of China - this is a true story of reinvention, love and finding your place in the world.Nicole Webb and her husband, James, are always up for an adventure, so when James is offered a job in the ancient city of Xi'an in north-west China, they jump at the chance. Nicole, James and three-year-old Ava fly into a world they know nothing about - a place where they know no one.Touching down, culture shock hits Nicole head on. It feels as if all eyes are on her and Ava, the only blondes in the jam-packed arrivals hall, two foreigners so far from home.With honesty and humour, Nicole takes us on a journey of daily life in the Middle Kingdom at a time when the whole world is looking towards China. We follow her search for friendship and acceptance where she discovers, no matter what your culture or background, we're connected the world over by the common thread of humanity. CHINA BLONDE gives us a very personal insight, told with a journalist's eye view, into the lives of those who embraced Nicole with open arms. Her experiences along the way will resonate with anyone who's ever built a life in a new home - be it across the city or across the world.

Do you ever dream about how amazing it might be to live the jet-setting life of an expat wife? Well, it's not all it's cracked up to be according to author Alki Economou who lived just that. In The Expat Wife, Alki outlines her time as she and her family moved across the globe thanks to her husband's job. Follow along on her journey as she moves from Europe to North America and back again; all while dealing with bureaucratic red tape and the daily stresses of being a wife and mother. You'll encounter multifaceted dimensions of the realities involved in the expat life including: Feeling uprooted every time a company relocates you Finding a support system among strangers Discovering yourself while still running a household You'll love this book if you love globetrotting or if you or your partner are considering taking a job that will move you and your family from one country to the next. Share in Alki's stories and see what it takes to truly be an expat wife.

Featuring entirely original writings written exclusively for this work, this anthology is filled with 28 essays from foreigners who live or have lived in China for a significant period of time. The book contains beautiful and enlightening stories about China from such noteworthy writers as Simon Winchester, Peter Hessler, Susan Conley, and Alan Paul, among others. Through their personal stories, they illustrate the many sides of Chinese life--the weird, the fascinating, and the appalling--and share what it's like to live, learn, and love as an outsider in a land unlike any other in the world.

"The ugly wife is a treasure at home" is not just an idle expression in China. For centuries, Chinese marriage involved matchmakers, child brides, dowries, and concubines, until the People's Republic of China was established by Mao Zedong and his Communist Party in 1949. Initially encouraging citizens to reject traditional arranged marriages and instead wed for love, the party soon spurned "the sin of putting love first," fearful that romantic love would distract good Communists from selflessly carrying out the State's agenda. Under Mao the party established the power to approve or reject proposed marriages, dictate where couples would live, and even determine if spouses would live together. By the 1960s and 1970s romantic love became a counterrevolutionary act punishable by "struggle sessions" or even imprisonment. The importance of Chinese sons, however, did not wane during Mao's thirty-year regime. As such, in a world where nobody spoke of love, 99 percent of young women still married. The Ugly Wife Is a Treasure at Home draws the reader into the world of love in Communist China through the personal memories of those who endured the Cultural Revolution and the generations that followed. This collection of intimate and remarkable stories gives readers a rare view of Chinese history, social customs, and Communism from the perspective of today's ordinary citizens.