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Find the book that fits where you are. Three are published and one is on its way.
Which book is your chapter?
I am becoming a mother in a country that is not my own.
→ Maternity Abroad
I am raising children abroad and wondering where I went.
→ Parenting Unpacked
I want to introduce my child to everyday life in the United States.
→ My First American Coloring Book
I want a story about a woman whose identity is decided by an institution.
→ Marked
None of these sound like you?
Parenting Unpacked
You can love your child, be grateful for your life abroad and still wonder where the person you used to be has gone.
You can manage the school forms, the doctor visits and the language, and still not feel like yourself. Parenting Unpacked explains why, one situation at a time, from the decision to leave to the choice to stay.
If you have ever wondered why you can handle the practical side of life abroad and still feel unlike yourself, this book is for you.
Start with the question most readers recognise first: “Why don’t I feel like me, even though nothing’s ‘wrong’?”
“While much has been written about the impact of global mobility on children, Jessica invites us into a deeper look at what this experience is like for the adults who raise them.” - Ruth E. Van Reken co-authored Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds
Maternity Abroad
Your appointment is in a language you are still learning, and nobody has explained the rules.
Maternity Abroad grew out of the stories of immigrant mothers-to-be: the disorientation of becoming a mother where the systems, the people and the expectations do not work the way you assumed. If you are pregnant abroad, or looking back on how you became a mother there, these are the stories of women who did it.
“Maternity Abroad is an incredible resource, not just for information and practical support, but most importantly, for comfort.” - Review on Goodreads
My First American Coloring Book
What does everyday life in the United States look like to a young child?
This coloring book introduces children to familiar places, objects and experiences through a simple activity they can enjoy with an adult or on their own.
“Absolutely charming and creative" — Adriana Benfica, Children’s Book Author
Marked
A dystopian novel in development.
In Marked, an institutional record decides who a woman is allowed to be, and she has no way to appeal it. It is a speculative novel about identity, institutional power and what happens when the records that define a person count for more than the person herself.
The novel is being built in public through the Marked Research Series.