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Title:
Being A Broad in Japan: everything a Western woman needs
to survive and thrive
| Content:
"My encyclopedia, my translator, my phone book,
my best friend!" |
—Western
woman living in Japan |
Being A Broad in Japan includes everything you need
to make the most out of your life: case studies of Western
women working in almost 50 different types of jobs; anecdotes
from many of the 250 Western women interviewed;profiles of
23 women’s organisations; essential Japanese words and
phrases; and indispensable resource sections listing telephone
numbers and Websites for English-speaking housing agencies,
banks, doctors, dentists, gynaecologists, therapists, lawyers,
maternity classes, day care centres, employment agencies,
labour unions, graduate schools, and MORE. An essential book
for any Western woman living in Japan.
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Read
about:
• Coping with culture shock
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Finding clothes and shoes that fit
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Avoiding hair disasters
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Cooking Japanese food
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Telling a chikan where to go
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Dating and the singles scene
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Organising contraception
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Getting married and divorced
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Adopting a baby
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Educating your child
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Finding a job
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Teaching gender studies in the English-language classroom
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Coping with reverse culture shock when you leave Japan
Reviews:
| “500
pages of extremely practical straightforward advice for
Western women living in Japan.” |
—Chanpon.org |
| “Female
or male, young or old, straight or gay, new to Japan or
old hand, the book is essential reading.” |
—Asahi
Shimbun |
| “The
level of honesty on sometimes highly personal issues creates
a sense of intimacy not found in most other publications.” |
—Tokyo Weekender |
| “An
exhaustive listing of informative and entertaining experiences.” |
—J-Select
magazine |
| “There
is even the sort of advice you usually only hear whispered
over a bottle of wine at a hens party” |
—Asahi
Shimbun |
| “A
compendium of over 500 pages that covers every imaginable
issue” |
—Metropolis |
About
the Author:
A desire for adventure led Caroline Pover to Tokyo in 1996,
where she founded Being A Broad, an information and support
network for foreign women in Japan. She wrote and self-published
Being A Broad in Japan and founded Alexandra Press,
named after her mother. Since the release of her book, Caroline
has been in demand as a speaker, personal coach, consultant,
and project manager, both on publishing and relocation issues.
She is currently expanding the Being A Broad network to almost
twenty other countries.
 
Find out more about the Being A Broad network
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