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	Our Price: $33.50 Sale Price: $29.98 You Save $3.52! Author: Virginia Bedggood Language: English Pages: 256 Stock Status: In Stock Availability: Usually Ships in 24 to 48 Hours Product Code: 978-1904502524 Qty:

Description   From the back cover: "Who hasn't woken up on their first morning in their new country, turned to their partner and said 'What the hell are we doing here...?!" Oh. I said the words, but I didn't wake up because I'd never been to sleep. Roosters. This day was day one of being a resident of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. November 19th, 1992." Reviews: 'Ginnie Bedggood and her partner Grahame moved to the DR in the early 1990s and her book chronicles this process with great wit and sensitivity. This in essence is the secret of her success as an expatriate as well as a writer. Expats and their memoirs are destined to triumph when instead of focusing on the local folks and their strange ways, the writers acknowledge and understand that they are the foreigners and that it is their ways that are perceived as weird by the locals.' Ilana Benady for Dominican Today. Read more... 'Anyone dreaming of moving to a developing country on the basis of a couple of weeks' holiday in the sun would be well-advised to read this book, then take a good hard look at their own plans and check whether they really hold water.' Dave McMahon, BritishExpat.com 'As a native born Dominican living outside of DR for most of my life, this book is my personal passport for a journey into the Dominican Republic of my infancy.' J. Sanchez (review on Amazon.co.uk) 'This same story could have been written as such a completely different tale if experienced through other eyes. To many people it could have been a book of 'doom' about why it didn't work out and about the pitfalls of living in the DR but in Ginnie's hands it's a book of hope for all people looking to 'branch out' and experience new lives and other cultures.' Review on DR1.com   Other Related Products... El Tiguere Dominicano Si me Permiten Hablar: La Masacre de Palma Sola La Mala Vida: Delicuencia y Picaresca en la Coloni Cuentos para Reir: Aforismos para Seguir Riendo Our Price: $19.90 Add Our Price: $27.99 Add Our Price: $35.95 Add Our Price: $9.95 Add El Festín de los Generales (Paperback) Sana, Sana, Culito de Rana La Vida en Broma Las Ambiciones de un Joven Politico Our Price: $15.50 Add Our Price: $38.20 Add Our Price: $19.90 Add Our Price: $19.96 Add

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