A Glimpse of the Dragon - Beyond the Great Wall
Author | : Janis Letts |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781409202738 |
ISBN-13 | : 1409202739 |
Rating | : 4/5 (739 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Glimpse of the Dragon - Beyond the Great Wall written by Janis Letts and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jan made the hasty decision to trade her career as a Tour Guide in an underground sapphire mine in Central Queensland, Australia, for a year of teaching English in Inner Mongolia, China, she had no inkling of what was in store. At her destination were her elder son, his Chinese wife, a first grandson (whom she'd never met), and a host of Chinese in-laws who spoke no English. Her younger son was a reluctant travelling companion.Culture-shocked to her core, she describes the challenges, humorous and tragic, of meeting new family and teaching in a foreign land where characters are as diverse as events are bizarre: readers are led through schoolrooms, market-places, cafes and smoky mah-jong parlours. "Invented" credentials, family tensions, a collapsing ceiling, and her unrequited lust for a younger man make this book a riveting read.