All good things must come to an end – this is our last Clew edition. We will end the Clew story with some encouragement along your expat way. Sorana encourages you to never stop reading. “ Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” […]
An August read
11/08/2015 by 2 Comments
Still time to read a book or two in August: Two Clew recommendations for you and one for your YA (young adult): My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend is the first of four Neapolitan novels by Elena Ferrante, an author by many considered to be the best contemporary Italian author, who has […]
My Moving Booklet
30/06/2015 by 2 Comments
Moving is a daunting process under ideal circumstances. For children, who usually have no choice about whether and where they’re going, it can be especially difficult. Enter Valérie Besanceney’s My Moving Booklet. This interactive workbook, the result of years of experience with children of expats and other mobile families, is filled with exercises and prompts for […]
A Career in Your Suitcase
09/06/2015 by Leave a Comment
Being an expat is demanding, especially for a trailing spouse who must abandon his or her professional life to follow their partner to an assignment abroad. Often as a result of leaving behind work or career, the accompanying spouse suffers the loss of self-confidence, self-esteem and sense of identity,leaving the door open for depression and stress.
Clew review: On third culture kids
21/04/2015 by Leave a Comment
A Clew review: Arrivals, Departures and the Adventures In-Between Here’s a book that is truly one of a kind on the subject matter of third culture kids. As a military kid, Christopher O’Shaughnessy understands living between worlds and cultures, while trying to figure out the identity as a third culture kid. He has a gift […]
Insights from global nomads and serial expats
07/04/2015 by 2 Comments
Each year global nomads, many of them serial expats, come together for the Families in Global Transition (FIGT) Conference to share their stories and expertise on what it means to move and live abroad. Now, an anthology – compiled, written and published by a range of 2014 participants – captures the essence of the conference. Almost […]
Komm, mir léiere Lëtzebuergesch!
25/02/2015 by Leave a Comment
“I just get by so well without it, everybody speaks French, German and/or English, it’s amazing!” “I just can’t face learning yet another language” (often combined with first statement) “There’s no way I’ll need it when I move on” (often combined with first statement) “No time!” “It’s such a funny little language” (“funny” either as in […]
A culture shock guide for Christmas
10/12/2014 by Leave a Comment
Hélène Rybol is the woman behind the Culture Shock Toolbox, a website for expats and international students – or future ones – and travelers, filled with musings, checklists and mantras. Now she is out with an e-book on the same theme. Christmas gift idea? Culture Shock – A Practical Guide is a how-to guide that will help you […]
It’s written on the star
29/11/2014 by Leave a Comment
I found an old French book at the market the other day. It was not in its best shape, but I liked the old paper and the fonts. It didn’t take me long before I decided to transform the book into Christmas ornaments. Here is how you make a star… You can of course use a […]
Morning Comes and Also the Night
24/09/2014 by Leave a Comment
CLEW reviews books – mostly with an expat touch: Morning Comes and Also the Night, written by Marijcke Jongbloed. For CLEW by Summertime Publishing. Morning Comes and Also the Night is the biography of a Dutch family confined in a Japanese internment camp in Indonesia during the Second World War. Due to the dominion of the […]
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