Hanoi Stories - Softcover

Scott, Pamela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1741100976 ISBN 13: 9781741100976

Publisher: New Holland Pub Pty Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

After three brief business trips to Hanoi in 1993, Pam Scott became enamoured with the city - Vietnam's intriguing capital. In 1994 she made a permanent move to Hanoi and has never looked back. What Pam discovered was a more interesting, challenging and wonderful way of life; an intriguing blend of East and West - mixed together in a uniquely Vietnamese way, like a Vietnamese spring roll filled with various fruits and vegetables and meat. Pam felt safe, unrestricted and saw no coldness towards the West by Hanoians - only warmth, friendship, curiosity and openness.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Sydney and originally trained in pharmacy, Pam later undertook further studies, finally graduating with a PhD in science and technology policy. Pam moved to Hanoi in 1994 working initially as a consultant in the telecommunications industry, then as a teacher in a business school, a project manager in an aid organisation, and finally opened a bookshop.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

Is it possible to fall in love with a city? I wouldn’t have thought so once, but that was before I had been to Hanoi. I suppose I love my home city of Sydney, but that is more like the way you love your parents. It’s where you come from, it’s always there, and you don’t usually have to think about it. Hanoi was more like a passionate affair. Once you have been seduced by Hanoi’s charms it can be hard to escape. For eight years I kept reinventing myself to adapt to whatever job opportunities arose that would keep me there; leaving had been unthinkable.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Holland Pub Pty Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1741100976
• ISBN 13: 9781741100976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240