Travel to South America

Overseas American: Growing Up Gringo In The Tropics (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)

Format: Hardcover
Author: Gene H. Bell-Villada
ReleaseDate: April, 2005
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
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In addition, he convincingly captures his child view as his parents flounder and eventually dissolve the family unit. Gene Bell-Villada's memoir is a poignant view of a boy growing up in the midst of cultural, linguistic and scholastic confusion. This frank and instructive tale is a much needed addition to the "third culture kid" literature as more people find themselves the offspring of cross-cultural and inter-racial marriages brought up in world venues not connected with either parent and devoid of anchoring safety nets. .

An absorbing, insightful and moving account of growing up abroad and coming of age "at home"
It is also a tale of a harrowing home life (more accurately, lack thereof), of poignant self-discovery and redemption livened by a wry sense of humor. Having grown up an "overseas American," I found this book to be an honest, perceptive and touching account, resonating with some of my own experiences. A compelling personal story with universal appeal. Highly recommended.

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