A Glimpse of the Dragon - Beyond the Great Wall

When Jan made the hasty decision to trade her career as a Tour Guide in an underground sapphire mine in Central Queensland, Australia, for a year teaching English in Inner Mongolia, China, she had no idea what was in store. At her destination: her elder son, his Chinese wife, a first grandson (whom she'd never met), and a host of Chinese in-laws who spoke no English. Her younger son was a reluctant travelling companion. Culture-shocked to her core, she describes the challenges, humorous and tragic, of meeting new family and teaching in a foreign land where characters are diverse and events bizarre: readers are led through schoolrooms, market-places and smoky mah-jong parlours. "Invented" credentials, family tensions, a collapsing ceiling, and her unrequited lust for a younger man make this book a riveting read. Reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Glimpse-Dragon-Beyond-Great-Wall/product-reviews/1409202739 Australian customers please email me directly for an affordable signed copy.