Postcards from ChinaVirtualbookworm Publishing, 2003 - 216 pagina's This book is a compilation of humorous emails written to family and friends during the author's two years living in China. They moved to China in August 2000 hoping to escape the hectic lifestyle of living in San Francisco and allow their adopted Chinese daughter an opportunity to learn the language and culture of her birth country. This book chronicles their life and provides an intimate look into what it is like to live in China as an American family. It reveals how it affected the building of an identity for their Chinese-American daughter. The author writes about the numerous friends they made among the Chinese people from Glenn, their housekeeper, to the couple who sold tofu in the market. She describes shopping at the local market, ordering in local restaurants, and describes how the local Chinese live and work. This book describes their life, full of curiosities and adventures. Learn why Chinese men grow long their fifth finger nail, how to avoid disaster when traveling to Mongolia, how to cross the street, and the difficulties in purchasing and getting an egg from market to home. After reading the book you may be inspired to try your own adventure. |
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Inhoudsopgave
Foreword | 5 |
October 7 2000 | 18 |
November 12 2000 | 36 |
February 20 2001 | 50 |
April 9 2001 | 66 |
May 12 2001 | 82 |
July 18 2001 | 99 |
September 1 2001 | 114 |
October 12 2001 | 131 |
November 3 2001 | 146 |
December 29 2001 | 160 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
American arrived asked Author Unknown baby bathroom beautiful bike chicken child Chinese government chopsticks clothes condo cook Dalian decided dishes dofu door English enjoyed everything expat fish floor fresh friends girl Glenn Guanzhou Hangzhou Hohhote holiday Holiday Inn Inner Mongolia International School jiaozi kitchen Kunming Larry Larry's learned live look Love lunch Marco Polo meal Megan China Postcard mooncakes morning never night noodles parents park pinyin plane play Qingdao rain restaurant ride San Francisco Sandy Shabbat Shanghai shoes stay stop street talk taxi driver teach teacher Thanksgiving things tofu toilet told trip Truffles Tsingtao beer umbrellas vegetables village Wal-Mart walk wanted wear week weekend Western woman women Xiamen yurt