Life in a Foreign Country

Books by and about people who live or have lived some of their life in a country other than the one they were born in.
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message 1: by Misfit (new)

Misfit Susannah? Sound like it's set in a foreign country?

Isn't It Pretty To Think So?

"Set in Los Angeles, the novel follows Jake Reed, a world-weary recent college graduate struggling to find use for his liberal arts degree amidst a waning workforce."


message 3: by Misfit (new)

Misfit Themis-Athena wrote: "Removed."

Thank you.


message 5: by Saturday's (new)

Saturday's Child Thank you :)


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) You're welcome ...


message 7: by Beth (new)

Beth Why are Jane Eyre, Harry Potter, and Fault in our Stars on this list?


message 8: by Fjóla (new)

Fjóla I'm removing Daddy's Hobby from the list, marketed by the author as fiction on numerous other lists, so doesn't qualify as 'memoir' or 'non fiction' here.


message 9: by Saturday's (new)

Saturday's Child Thank you :)


message 10: by Owen (last edited Aug 08, 2014 10:03PM) (new)

Owen Jones Msg (: Fair comment, but it is still about life abroad, and I do live in Thailand, but I am not complaining. Owen


message 11: by BJ (new)

BJ Richardson Based on the complaint in message #7 and the criteria listed in message #8, I have removed Harry Potter from the list. Good book, wrong list for it.


message 12: by Saturday's (new)

Saturday's Child Thanks Bj much appreciated :)


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Why is Jane Eyre on this list?


message 14: by Misfit (new)

Misfit Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Why is Jane Eyre on this list?"

An odd choice.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads You add books to the list at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."


message 17: by Sibilla (new)

Sibilla Hershey Thank you for letting me know. I'm new to this and find the whole system a bit confusing.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Yes, it can be confusing.


message 19: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 03, 2017 09:57AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) @Saturday's Child
It says "Books about people who live or have lived some of their life in a country other than the one they were born in". It doesn't say by people who live or have lived some of their life in a country other than the one they were born in. So not the authors themselves then?

Anne Frank's diary makes a tricky title on this list, by the way, being non-fiction: The diary is kept during her period in Amsterdam; Anne Frank herself was born in Germany.

It made me wonder though, which resulted in the above question :-)


message 20: by Saturday's (new)

Saturday's Child Hi All,

Susanna and Booklovinglady have made a point that what I have written is a bit confusing, as I myself have added books by people (authors) who have lived in a different country. I will update what I have written so it makes more sense and includes by people. Thanks for this feedback. :)
Cheers.


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) @ Saturday's Child
Thanks for clarifying :-)


message 23: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 04, 2017 09:33AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Jane Eyre???"

It's a long, long time since I've read the book, but I can't remember a stay in a foreign country either. Oh, hold on.... Maybe the author is meant? Didn't Charlotte Brontë stay in Belgium (or somewhere on the continent) for a short while? Can't remember, to be honest.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads I believe that was Emily, not Charlotte.


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) @Susanna
You're probably right. As I said, I can't really remember... :-)


message 26: by BJ (new)

BJ Richardson Charlotte Bronte was a British life writing from England about British people living on British soil. The fact that she did live for a year in Brussels should not be a factor since she did not write from there nor is the book about life there.

But that's just my opinion. If you throw open the list to anyone who ever lived for a bit somewhere else, pretty much every book is fair game and the list becomes pointless.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads All it got him from me was an add to my "don't want to read that" list.


message 28: by Anchal (new)

Anchal Bhatia I read the glass castle a long time ago, but didn't that take place in the states?


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