My Wife in Bangkok

by Rory O'Merry

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962504807
• ISBN13: 9780962504808
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Asia Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.

Customer Reviews

True participatory journalism rather than armchair academics

Mr. Merry shows the Thai sex industry as being the best economic option for some Thai women to earn money to educate their children and care for their aging parents. We in the west have our negative moral judgements about women who work in the sex industry. In my opinion, the author's study of Rinzai Zen allowed him to see the lives of the women working in the sex industry with clarity instead of projecting misplaced morality. By living in the slums of Bangkok, the author practices true participatory journalism rather than armchair academics.

a Review

I found this book very interesting, if a little out of date (published 10 years ago, bought then). The author really seems to have an attachment for his "wife", even though a) he's paying her, and b) he's not "faithful" to her. again the prices he reports in baht (thailand currency) are NOT current (50% low in some cases).