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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780968676042
ISBN: 0968676049
Label: Expatriate Press Limited
Manufacturer: Expatriate Press Limited
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 212
Publication Date: 2000-03-01
Publisher: Expatriate Press Limited
Studio: Expatriate Press Limited |
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Summary: Buy extra copies because you'll be handing them out.
Comment: Having expatriated and repatriated several times, I wish I had read this book before my first repatriation. When I did read it, it was like sitting down with an old friend who knew me well. It doesn't matter where you're coming home from, but coming home is hard. Arm yourself with Homeward Bound. It's funny and it's wise...just like the author.
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Summary: Helpful AND Humorous
Comment: I thought moving back to the US from Canada (Canada's 'US Lite', anyway, isn't it?) would be a piece of cake. It wasn't. Fortunately a friend recommended Robin Pascoe's sympathetic, supportive and (just when you really need it...) thoroughly amusing guidebook for repatriation. Whithout it I wouldn't have known that my gut-wrenching struggle with moving home was, in fact, OK.
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Summary: Coping with Unrealistic Expectations about Re-Entry After Long Time Abroad
Comment: Robin Pascoe engages her readers with her soul-searching stories about how she managed her re-entry back to Canada after years as the non-employed spouse in countries all over the world. We hear her angst as she searches for herself...and ultimately finds herself. But her sometimes despairing note is always balanced with self-aware humor. I can imagine her keeping her audiences in stitches when she gives talks, as she often does.
Aside from story-telling, she includes sections with sound advice about how to do to do it better than she did. How to imagine what you're going to do next, after all the boxes are unpacked? What about your aspirations about getting your own career going, finally? How about re-settling your children who are now the "global nomads" with very different values and study habits than many of their peers? How to manage your new relationship with your spouse who may or may not have a challenging new job?
I like Pascoe's work immensely and look forward to reading her other work.
Karma Kitaj, Moving Away Or Coming Home.com
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Summary: A must read for HRDs and all expatriates, especially spouses
Comment: August 15, 2000 So many spouses will be able to identify with Robin Pascoe's frank and humorous account of reentry (returning home after a period of time abroad). Efforts at reestablishing a career armed with a haphazard CV of constant reinvention and little or no network; trying to resettle kids and partner; feeling tired and overwhelmed and a bit "foreign" are issues with which so many of us are confronted once home. Robin Pascoe deals with these and many other reentry issues with honesty, wit and wisdom. Reading her book legitimized for me my own feelings of fatigue and frustration as a normal reaction to the physical, mental and emotional upheaval of reentry. Do read this book before embarking on reentry and then refer to it for comfort, and advice as required!
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Summary: This book belongs on every global citizen's shelf.......
Comment: Robin Pascoe's witty, informative and devastatingly accurate account of the process of re-entry, from the spouse's perspective, is required reading for everyone considering an expatriate posting abroad, and especially for those in the process of returning home. Ms. Pascoe's step-by-step guide to coming home with partner & family in tow will make experienced repats weep with joy and recognition. As they know all too well, culture shock lasts for a period of months...re-entry shock lasts a lifetime. Take note HR departments everywhere: if you really want to make sure the expatriate assignment is a success, tell your people how to come home....
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Like the move overseas, the move home relies on a solid and stable person to act as the emotional touchstone in order to help everyone else in the family through re-entry shock. That someone is typically the spouse. Homeward Bound is a repatriation reality check to help spouses create new, meaningful lives when they return from abroad.
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