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A Broad Abroad: The Expat Wife's Guide to Successful Living Abroad [Paperback]

Robin Pascoe (Author)
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July 20, 2009
Comforting and irreverent, encouraging and practical, Robin Pascoe's book for expatriate wives (originally entitled "Culture Shock! A Wife's Guide) is back in print with a new name "A Broad Abroad: The Expat Wife's Guide to Successful Living Abroad." It has lost none of its original empathetic and honest advice for married women who have been catapulted into a foreign country. It is essential as an entry visa, packed with emotional and practical support for relocating your life.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 220 pages
  • Publisher: Expatriate Press Limited (July 20, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0968676057
  • ISBN-13: 978-0968676059
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #979,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Robin Pascoe's reputation as a funny, engaging and inspirational international speaker on the subject of her five books on global living was earned as a former Canadian diplomatic spouse (on postings to Bangkok, Taipei, Beijing and Seoul); raising two third culture kids, and by traveling globally to over 25 countries for more than a decade from her home base in North Vancouver, Canada.

Robin is also the go-to expert for corporations interested in understanding the needs of expats and their families and making recommendations for family-friendly relocation policies.

Her website, which went up over a decade ago, has tons of articles also to read if you are preparing to move abroad so have a visit at http://www.expatexpert.com.

She recently posted a video lecture series based on the themes of all of her books called "Successful Living Abroad" which can be viewed at http://www.expatexpert.com/video_lectures. You can watch one of them directly below this biography.

If you are a social media person, she tweets most days with links to articles or information about expats at http://twitter.com/expatexpert. She's also on Facebook as Expat Expert at http://www.facebook.com/pages/ExpatExpertcom/43896605366 and and part of the Linked In network http://www.linkedin.com/in/expatexpert.

 

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Halfway Relevant, May 21, 2011
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D. Kunigisky (Mussoorie, UK, India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Broad Abroad: The Expat Wife's Guide to Successful Living Abroad (Paperback)
If you're an expat wife from the US, Canada or England whose husband's company is sending him on assignment to a metropolitan area where he will be a mid-to-high level representative, or is a diplomat (of some stripe!) and you will be making the same wage (or possibly adjusted up!) for the assignment: this book is for you.

If you're an expat wife whose husband has picked up either a freelance job overseas in developed country like America, Canada or the UK, will be on the lower end of the totem pole, you'll be making local wage, or not in a metro: pick it up from your library instead.

Much of the advice here is targeted towards women with children whose husbands will make the same wage at home, and advice about taking time for yourself is important - but for spouses like myself who live on local wage over 6 hours away from a local metropolitan area, and have no children, this book is significantly less relevant. It's a useful overview of the sorts of experiences an expat wife may face, but everything needs to be taken with a grain of salt - they simply aren't viable, or reasonable expectations, for everyone going abroad. If I had one of the maids that the author portrays as nearly-necessary and utterly pervasive, my husband and I would be shelling out nearly 1/3 of his monthly salary to pay wages for someone else.

A book about the culture of your new host country, combined with a book on cultural adjustment and relocation, would stand you in equal stead with this text - and be significantly more specific. Pascoe does a disservice to the reader in her generalization to meet all readers; it is also focused towards individuals moving from the West, rather than an individual coming from a developing country (where they may very well speak English as one of the official languages) to one of the major developed nations.

In sum: Good one-time read, great for borrowing from the library, but the information in it is rather targeted and much of it may be irrelevant for your situation.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything Robin Writes is 5-Stars!, September 10, 2009
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If I've said it once, I've said to every expat I know--Buy the Expat Expert's books!

When this book was originally written, the word 'expatriate' was not even in my vocabulary. After having spent nearly half of my life outside my native country, I'm so thankful to Robin Pascoe for putting this book back in print. It's full of timeless advice that trailing wives, expat mothers, and global broads everywhere will take to heart for years to come.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Only for a certain kind of expat, October 6, 2011
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I'm under 30 and married with no kids, and I found this book to be geared towards women who are traveling with a successful husband. There are chapters on dealing with nannies and maids... I just skipped them. Also, there seemed to be negativity or bitterness throughout as if writing the book just reminded her of the hardships of going abroad. If you're already nervous this book won't help that, but will point you to some other books and websites that are useful...
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