Springtime Books: 21 books
Passage of the Stork, Delivering the Soul
One Woman's Journey to Self-Realization and Acceptance
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Madeleine grows up in a home filled with secrets, occasional violence, and little affection. A shy and sensitive child, she feels at home in nature and in the world of books. As a young adult, she escapes to the Netherlands and settles down to raise a family and build a career. But her real journey...
by Barbara-Anne Puren
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
The era of the nuclear family, with a working dad and stay-at-home mom is fast disappearing. There is no longer any such thing as a Typical Family, but rather, a whole grab bag of family arrangements. Families are now more ethnically, racially, religiously and stylistically diverse than a decade ago.
Postmodernists...
Life After My Saucepans
Lifting the Lid on Living in the Dominican Republic
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
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 diving instructor in the Dominican Republic. She met and married her Dominican man and went on an incredible adventure involving political corruption and being shot in...
Benjamin's Bedtime Journey
A story to help your child fall asleep quickly and gently
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2017
Author and mother Olivia Allinne-Ward has written Benjamin’s Bedtime Journey to help children and adults relax before going to sleep. This is why each chapter ends with the words: 'When you feel ready to move on, we continue our journey at the rhythm of your calm, slow breathing.' This story is...
Turkey Street
Jack and Liam move to Bodrum
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Six months into their Turkish affair, Jack and Liam, a gay couple from London, took lodgings in the oldest ward of Bodrum Town. If they wanted to shy away from the curtain-twitchers, they couldn't have chosen a worse position. Their terrace overlooked Turkey Street like the balcony of Buckingham Palace...
Unpack
A Guide to Life as an Expat Spouse
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
As an expat spouse, how do you choose the right home for your family, transition your kids to a new country and school, adjust to a new culture, and build a whole new network of friends?
Expat spouses face many questions, and this book is designed to offer straightforward answers. Written by...
by Sue Lawrence PhD
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
On honeymoon and two months pregnant, Sue discovers a lump in her breast. This is her raw, unpolished diary as she navigates the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Brutally honest, she faces the overwhelming terror of the road ahead – for herself and her unborn daughter.
Her candid diary...
A Positive Result
One boy with Down syndrome and a mum who refused to let others tell her what he could or couldn't achieve
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
One in a thousand babies born in the UK every year has an extra chromosome that means they have Down syndrome. This is one boy’s story as seen through his mother’s eyes. When Jo and Cliff were told their child had Down syndrome at the 15th week of pregnancy they had little idea of what this...
by Tanya Crossman
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Over 200 million people currently live abroad; more than 50 million are temporary residents, intending to return to their country of origin. Misunderstood explores the impact international life can have on the children of such families – while they live overseas, when they return, and as they mature...
by Linda A Janssen
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Living abroad offers enriching experiences of growth, broadened perspective, enhanced cultural understanding. Yet its transition-rich, change-driven, cross-cultural nature can place considerable demands, leaving us stressed, disconnected, our identity in flux. Building on existing literature and benefitting...
by Terry Anne Wilson, Jo Parfitt
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
A continent apart, Jo and Terry Anne made the commitment to email each other every Monday morning for six months. Part memoir, part diary, part self-help, the result is a vulnerable and insightful recollection – the then and now – of expatriate life between two friends. Over the past twenty-five...
by Vicky Gray
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
A collection of short, personal experiences Vicky Gray and her family encountered during the first year of their new life Down Under. In addition to entertaining diary entries, inspirational stories from other expats, top tips and vital resources, the book is crammed full of well-researched information...
by Jo Parfitt, Colleen Reichrath-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Do you want to find a career that is: a) based on what you love to do more than anything; b) created from your strongest skills and best assets; c) will let you work anywhere; d) can be sustained and developed even if you move again? then you need A Career in Your Suitcase. In this fully revised and...
by Nell Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Retire to the Life You Love invites you to embrace your future from the inside, out. Through its practical tools and real life examples, you gain clarity and confidence to be the unique individual you are and to do what is most important and joyful to you. This is a work of wisdom inspired by the...
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