Homeward Bound: A Spouse's Guide to Repatriation

by Robin Pascoe

Book Overview

Like the move overseas, the move home relies on a solid and stable person to act as the emotional touchstone in order to help everyone else in the family through re-entry shock. That someone is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0968676006
• ISBN13: 9780968676004
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

expat sanity is saved!

I started to read this book on the lowest of days since arriving "home", and it honestly has changed the way I think and feel about my situation. Classic expat story, away from city and country for 12 years then back with young family in tow. However, my husband decided to continue working for his company in Hong Kong whilst I was settling us all into new life in Melbourne, Australia! Hmmmmm... A valuable read and have recommended it to many friends still living the life OS.

Buy extra copies because you'll be handing them out.

Having expatriated and repatriated several times, I wish I had read this book before my first repatriation. When I did read it, it was like sitting down with an old friend who knew me well. It doesn't matter where you're coming home from, but coming home is hard. Arm yourself with Homeward Bound. It's funny and it's wise...just like the author.

Helpful AND Humorous

I thought moving back to the US from Canada (Canada's 'US Lite', anyway, isn't it?) would be a piece of cake. It wasn't. Fortunately a friend recommended Robin Pascoe's sympathetic, supportive and (just when you really need it...) thoroughly amusing guidebook for repatriation. Whithout it I wouldn't have known that my gut-wrenching struggle with moving home was, in fact, OK.

A must read for HRDs and all expatriates, especially spouses

August 15, 2000 So many spouses will be able to identify with Robin Pascoe's frank and humorous account of reentry (returning home after a period of time abroad). Efforts at reestablishing a career armed with a haphazard CV of constant reinvention and little or no network; trying to resettle kids and partner; feeling tired and overwhelmed and a bit "foreign" are issues with which so many of us are confronted once home. Robin Pascoe deals with these and many other reentry issues with honesty, wit and wisdom. Reading her book legitimized for me my own feelings of fatigue and frustration as a normal reaction to the physical, mental and emotional upheaval of reentry. Do read this book before embarking on reentry and then refer to it for comfort, and advice as required!

This book belongs on every global citizen's shelf.......

Robin Pascoe's witty, informative and devastatingly accurate account of the process of re-entry, from the spouse's perspective, is required reading for everyone considering an expatriate posting abroad, and especially for those in the process of returning home. Ms. Pascoe's step-by-step guide to coming home with partner & family in tow will make experienced repats weep with joy and recognition. As they know all too well, culture shock lasts for a period of months...re-entry shock lasts a lifetime. Take note HR departments everywhere: if you really want to make sure the expatriate assignment is a success, tell your people how to come home....