STARS Resources

Robin Pascoe explain hows completely normal and common it is for an accompanying spouse to feel resentful towards the partner whose career precipitated the relocation.

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Robin Pascoe draws on her book "A Broad Abroad: The Expat Wife's Guide to Successful Living Abroad" to explain why the loss of identity after moving abroad can distress and loss of self-esteem for the accompanying expat spouse.

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Evelyn Simpson is an expat partner for 20 years.  Having given up her original career as an investment banker, she now writes about issues affecting expat partners as part of her international coaching practice.

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Expat partner support and research organization providing services through employers.  Publications can be purchased through their online bookstore.

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A collection of poetry that has 'saved-her-life' during the 20 years Parfitt has been on the road. A memoir in poetry of a life overseas. Join the author’s journey through culture shock, repatriation, motherhood, the world of work & self-discovery.
Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, 135 pages, paperback.

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Journey with the author as she moves  into an uncharted world. Envy her courage as she escapes social and family expectations for black girls & continues her search for identity. The book gives us hope, & the courage to believe we can change.
Carolyn Vines, Adelaar Books, 305 pages, paperback.

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A cultural adventure, through voices of 29 expat women. Together they share colors of a village wedding, sounds of a bazaar, taboos of gender interaction, tradition of evil eye charms, richness of Turkish landscapes and intimacies of bath houses.
Edited by Anastasia M. Ashman and Jennifer Eaton. Gökmen Seal Press, 293 pages.

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An article looking at the issues younger professionals that become expats face.

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Humorous story where a wife tries to point out her husband's workaholism

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An article advocating that women get involved with financial planning before an expat assignment.

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