"Living in San Miguel" [Unknown Binding]

Product Details

• Unknown Binding: 176 pages
• Publisher: Publicaciones Papelandia; 1st edition (2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976580519
• ISBN-13: 978-0976580515
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,293,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Living in San Miguel" is very helpful, October 1, 2005

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Peter N. Turner "alienchords" (Seatle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: "Living in San Miguel"

I've read several books about travel to and relocation to Mexico, particularly San Miguel. They all have a different perspective to present and some are definitely better written than others. Jane's is one the best written and offers an interesting and helpful viewpoint. Unlike many of the other authors, she relocated quite recently. So the experience of relocation is fresh in her mind and the information she has gathered is quite current and includes details that someone who been in San Miguel longer might have forgotten. The book was also shipped very quickly. Definitely worthwhile.

1.0 out of 5 stars worst book ever about San Miguel, July 13, 2011

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Mawrdew (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: "Living in San Miguel"

This book is so filled with errors, both typo and factual, that when I read it I got out a red pen and marked all the mistakes. The book apparently had no editor, since most apostrophes and commas are missing entirely - yes! Plus, there are many, many blank spaces in the book, prompting one to wonder what got left out (and who cares, anyway?).

In addition, the pages begin to fade out towards the end of the book, as if she printed it on a home printer and it ran out of ink. This book deserves maybe a half a star, but that's not an option on Amazon.


The factual errors are simply amazing. Since the copyright page only says it was published in San Miguel de Allende under the name of Jane McCarthy, one has to assume it's a really bad self-published book.

There are plenty of other books about this wonderful Mexican town. This author should be ashamed of herself for cranking out this POS.