ASIN: B00DDVT216
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 245
E. N. Smith had worked in advertising for fourteen years before the grind finally wore her down. Burned out and unhappy, she chose the only sensible thing to do: she quit her job and moved to China. But what she thought was a trip to “shake things up” turned out to be a journey with both eye-opening and humorous results.An exploration of culture, communication, and the human ability to transcend difference, Smith’s debut offers a funny and frank look at the width and breadth of the human experience. Her desire to capture the happenings of her travels began as a blog that soon morphed into something much, much more. Her book transcends definitions such as travelogue and guidebook, capturing her globetrotting adventure of self-expression and self-discovery with a rare combination of intimacy and vision. Traveling first to China followed by Thailand, Florence, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and ...
