Sonia Harford hooked one of the biggest assignments of her journalistic career when she covered Milosevic's war crimes trial in the Hague. Like many other Australians who move overseas to live and work, Harford was on a life journey. ""Leaving Paradise"" is in part the story of Harford's five-year expatriate adventure in Amsterdam and Rome. It also investigates the experiences of other Australians, such as best-selling author, Peter Carey in New York, who have made the life-changing decision to uproot their lives, families and careers to join the global community. In this entertaining and thoughtful personal investigation, Harford explores the boom in Australian expatriatism, and what it means for those who embark on it. Whether they're business professionals, artists, waiters or students, expats are guided by the heart, and this book is a lush exploration of the glamour and the grumble, the pain of nostalgia and the lure of the bewitching big city.
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Exploring the boom in Australian expatriatism and what it means for those who embark on it, this book presents the story of the author's expatriate adventure in Amsterdam and Rome. It also investigates the experiences of other Australians who have made the life-changing decision to uproot their lives and careers to join the global community.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780522852424
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Melbourne University Press
Vekt
224 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
1

Forfatter

Biographical note

Sonia Harford is a journalist and author. In Australia, she has worked for The Age and Good Weekend magazine. Overseas she has worked as a foreign correspondent in the Netherlands and as a freelancer in Rome. She currently lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children.