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#LivingTheDream​
Expat life stripped bare

Edited by Carrie Frais
2nd EDITION
Revised and expanded
Written by Adrienne Walder, Annabel Cotton, Avivit Delgoshen, Carrie Frais, Deborah Gray, Elizabeth Heath, Jane Mitchell, Morag Makey and Sue Wilson with commentary from psychotherapist Leigh Matthews

Nine women share the emotional and practical realities of life away from 'home'
Grief, loneliness, Brexit, motherhood, identity, belonging, rootlessness, drinking culture and integration are just some of the issues tackled in a series of powerful stories written by nine 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.
Divorce, death, alcoholism… these are women’s real stories about what lies beneath the Facebook veneer of life abroad. They may be a harsh wake-up call in many cases, but their stories are also refreshing, uplifting and beautifully told.”
​Zoe Dare Hall, Sunday Times
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  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Contact Us
    • Our Privacy Policy
  • Services and Fees
    • Publishing Programmes
    • Selected Services
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Springtime Titles
    • Expat Bookshop
    • Springtime Direct
    • Expat Life >
      • Sink Then Swim
      • The Singing Warrior
      • The Newcomer's Dictionary
      • Badass Abroad
      • #Living the Dream
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • Living Elsewhere
      • What About Your Saucepans?
      • Turkey Street
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Living Elsewhere
      • Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt
      • Passage to Persia
    • Memoir >
      • On Swallows' Wings
      • The Singing Warrior
      • Badass Abroad
      • #LivingTheDream
      • Life After My Saucepans
      • What about your saucepans?
      • The Soul Millionaire
      • Turkey Street
      • Passage of the Stork
      • Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt
      • Perking the Pansies
      • Passage to Persia
    • Health & Wellbeing >
      • Meet Your Muse
      • Juicy Life
      • The ChrisLin Method
      • #LivingTheDream
      • How to stand Up to Sexism
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • In Search of the Best Swedish Chokladbollar
      • Benjamin's Bedtime Journey
    • Foreign Language Books >
      • La vie en mouvement
      • Unterwegs im Zwischenland
      • Les Signatures de BioGéométrie​
      • Vida en Movimiento
      • Méthode Adamski
      • El Prologo
      • Tracce di BioGeometria​
      • Der Prolog
      • De Regreso a un Futuro Para a Humanidad
      • Retour Vers un Avenir pour L'Humanité
      • O Futuro Iluminado Pelo Passado
      • Retour Vers un Avenir pour L'Humanité
      • Hanna Och Den Flygande Mattan
    • Moving >
      • The Newcomer's Dictionary
      • #LivingTheDream
      • This Messy Mobile Life
      • Living Elsewhere
      • Life in Motion
      • Going Local in Gran Canaria
      • Jump Down Under
      • Unpack
      • Deconstructing Brazil
    • Fiction >
      • The Guilty Can't Say Goodbye
      • The Legend of the Dancing Baobab Tree
      • Boudica's Daughters
      • A Family Just Like Mine
      • From Barcelona
    • Wealth >
      • Whose Career - Yours, Mine or Ours?
      • The Millennial Money Masterplan
      • Here We Are
      • The Flight of the Soul Millionaire
      • The Soul Millionaire
      • Secrets of a Financial Adviser
      • Retire to the Life You Love
      • Now It's Clear The Career You Own
    • Travel >
      • Travels Through Asia
      • The Twelve Days of Christmas Safari
      • Postcards from the Ege
      • Going Local in Gran Canaria
      • Deconstructing Brazil
    • Children and Young Adults >
      • The Legend of the Dancing Baobab Tree
      • The Twelve Days of Christmas Safari
      • Hanna and the Flying Carpet
      • Boudica's Daughters
      • A Family Just Like Mine
      • Benjamin's Bedtime Journey
    • Faith >
      • Unterwegs im Zwischenland
      • La vie en mouvement
      • Vida en Movimiento
      • Life in Motion
    • Music >
      • Ar Lan y Môr​
  • For Writers
    • Jo Parfitt, Mentor
    • Paddy Hartnett, Proofreader
    • author2author
    • Writing Retreats
    • Free Writers' Resources
    • From Pipedream to Proposal
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