Mai Pen Rai Means Never Mind an American Housewife's Honest Love Affair with the Irrepressible People of Thailand

by Carol Hollinger

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A little dated, but fascinating none the less. Interesting to see from the eyes of someone learning about a new culture. This author did love the world she entered which gave the book a wonderful atmosphere. I will share this with my Mama. I'm sure she will enjoy it.
Wish I could upload the original cover; it is so charming and colorful. Fabulous book about confronting and transcending our ethnocentriciy. Wonderful (if dated) insights into Thai culture (from a western perspective, of course).
If you are a teacher, of anything, you will LOVE this book, I promise!
Tales of an English as a foreign language teacher in Thailand. Rings true according to my experience of living there. Described Thai's writing English as putting all the words for sentence into a Yatzee shaker and then dumping them out in an inscrutable order.

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Nonfiction, Travel, Biography & Memoir, Teen
DDC/MDS
915.93034History & geographyGeography & travelGeography of and travel in AsiaSoutheast Asia; Indochina; Mekong RiverThailandsubdivisions and modified standard subdivisions
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DS568 .H6History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of AsiaThailand (Siam)

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