TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dodie Cross
TI  - A Broad Abroad in Thailand; An Expat's Misadventures in the Land of Smiles
SN  - 9781885614759
U1  - 915.93 
PB  - Four Ways West / Crossroads Publishing
KW  - Travel
N2  - A Broad Abroad in Thailand follows a newlywed expat as she tries to settle in to her new home and a life full of unforeseen challenges. Soon after her arrival in this exotic land, her problems begin as she tries to learn the subtleties of the eastern squat toilet. Then there s the near fatal auto accident on the deadly Sukhumvit Highway, and the final insult bladder surgery performed by an inscrutable Thai doctor who decides to restore her virginity, while an intolerant nurse is after her with a vengeance and an enema tube. Further complicating her life is the need to be medivac d back to the States after surgery, while her catheter tube sways in the breeze. As if that s not enough to slow down even the most determined woman, she also has to deal with her new husband s insatiable testosterone level a textbook case of sexual fixation. Interwoven throughout her day-to-day life is the undercurrent of absolute control and jealousy perpetrated by a most unlikely source: the boss's wife, Ms. Anorexia, who manipulates the wives of the employees with her need to control every aspect: from shopping, to entertainment, to friends. In the end, an unflagging sense of humor sees her through all obstacles, from the first pitfalls and pratfalls in a land whose people she has come to respect and admire, through times of seemingly insurmountable challenges. A Broad Abroad in Thailand was given silver placement in the "Humor " category by Foreward Magazine's Book of the Year Award. It has also been awarded the winner in the Autobiography section of the National Indie Excellence Awards 2008 Book Awards
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