num_pages: 4
description: Grief loneliness Brexit motherhood identity belonging single parenthood rootlessness drinking culture and integration are just some of the issues tackled in a series of powerful stories written by ten women on the challenges of expat life. In one of the first books of its kind these women reveal some of the emotional upheavals and struggles that go hand-in-hand with moving away from their native home which have until now remained largely untold.Chapters1.Calling Time on Drinking CultureAdrienne Walder Mid Levels (Hong Kong)  2.Exercise Caution in Your Business AffairsDeborah Gray Barcelona (Spain)  3.Married Plus Four a Trail Between Four CountriesAvivit Delgoshen London (UK)  4.Bremain in a Brexit LegacySue Wilson Valencia (Spain)  5.Poms in an Aussie Culture ShockAnnabel Cotton Sydney (Australia)  6.Restlessness Rootlessness &amp; ResilienceMorag Makey Matapouri (New Zealand)  7.Two-dimensional Dreams Versus 3D &amp; Loneliness in Rural ItalyElizabeth Heath Umbria (Italy)  8.Grief Emotional Baggage &amp; Belonging(s)Carrie Frais Barcelona (Spain)  9.From China to the Southern French Single Mom's Adoption StoryPippa Curtis Brianon (France)  10. Becoming Me (Again)Jane Mitchell Barcelona (Spain) 
language: English
title: #LivingTheDream: Expat life stripped bare
publisher: Carrie Frais