Lately, I don't identify as American. I apologize to the world for the violence and greed and general nastiness that has been coming out of this country for some time now.
When I was young, I consumed every moving-and-starting-over book out there. Maybe it's time to revisit these.
MEXICO
Gringos in Paradise: An American Couple Builds Their Retirement Dream Home in a Seaside Village in Mexico by Barry Golson
SPAIN
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía by Chris Stewart
Spanish Lessons: Beginning a New Life in Spain by Derek Lambert
ITALY
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances Mayes
Extra Virgin: Amongst the Olive Groves of Liguria by Annie Hawes
GREECE
My Family and Other Animals: Corfu Trilogy #1 by Gerald Durrell
MOROCO
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah
CHINA
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler
FRANCE
Le Road Trip: A Traveler's Journal of Love and France by Vivian Swift
Dear Paris: The Paris Letters Collection by Janice Macleod
Paris in Winter: An Illustrated Memoir by David Coggins
My Four Seasons in France: A Year of the Good Life by Janine Marsh
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France by Carol Drinkwater
Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light by Amy Thomas
C'est la Vie: An American Woman Begins a New Life in Paris and---Voila!---Becomes Almost French by Suzy Gershman
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
Some other books I have not read, but want to read:
The Year of Living Danishly; Discovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
Chickens, Mules, and Two Old Fools: Tuck into a Slice of Andalucían Life by Victoria Twead
A Year in Marrakesh by Peter Mayne
In the Village: A Year of Living in Rural Japan by Iain Maloney
Bombs and Bougainvillea: An Expat in Jerusalem by L. E. Decker
So Happiness to Meet You: Foolishly, Blissfully Stranded in Vietnam by Karin Esterhammer
A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco by Suzanne Clarke
Married to Bhutan: How One Woman Got Lost, Said 'I Do,' and Found Bliss by Linda Learning
Meander, Indirectly, East to West Along a Turkish River by Jeremy Seal
My Swiss Home: A Year of Living and Working in Switzerland by Wolfgang Koehler
Didgeridoos and Didgeridon'ts: A Brit's Guide to Moving Your Life Down Under by Vicky Gray
Margarita Wednesdays: Making a New Life by the Mexican Sea by Deborah Rodriguez
Do you have other recommendations for me?
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