It’s that time of year again when Expat Nest, Counselling Without Borders, asks us here at the Expat Bookshop to list our favourite titles published during the year. In no particular order, here is our top 10 for 2020 – books to entertain and enlighten, surprise and inform – including a classic from the past… Read More The Expat Bookshop Top Ten 2020
Expat, author, Lindsay de Feliz, was cruelly murdered in December 2019 near her home in the Dominican Republic. Lindsay wrote about her extraordinary life in her witty and candid best-selling memoirs What About Your Saucepans and Life After My Saucepans. To honour Lindsay, Summertime Publishing and Springtime Books have introduced the 2020 Lindsay de Feliz… Read More Introducing the Lindsay de Feliz New Writer of Expat Memoir Award
We were shocked to hear about the death of author, Lindsay de Feliz in the most terrible circumstances. We are proud to feature Lindsay’s amazing memoirs – What About Your Saucepans? and Life After My Saucepans – here at the Expat Bookshop. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this difficult and painful… Read More Lindsay de Feliz on Reverse Culture Shock
“I am still amazed at how well the author captures life in the Dominican Republic and how she is able to bring it to life. When I try to explain this book to the people around me, some believe it has to be fiction as so many adventures happen to the author that it could… Read More Brings Living in the Dominican Republic to Life
Q: Why do you think your book needed to be written? A: It shows a different side of the country and explains more about the culture of the Dominican people. It also shows that however tough things may be, and whatever fears you have, you can get over them. More from Lindsay | About the Book
“Fans of What About Your Saucepans? – both book and blog – won’t be disappointed. The simple pleasures and irritations of life in the Dominican Republic and the tragedies and triumphs, both great and small, are described with the honesty and deadpan humour that Lindsay’s readers have come to know and love.” Illana Benady, co-author of Expat FAQs,… Read More Illana Benady reviews Life After My Saucepans
Life After My Saucepans Lifting the Lid on Living in the Dominican Republic The eagerly-awaited sequel to the best-selling What About My Saucepans? Available to buy at Amazon in paperback and Kindle In What About Your Saucepans? Lindsay de Feliz gave up marriage and a successful career in the UK to follow her dreams as a scuba… Read More Life After My Saucepans by Lindsay de Feliz
A fascinating portrait of the process of adapting to a new and very different land – from the high life in London to life in the Dominican Republic with all the political and cultural implications. Read more….