Recommended Readings

on Repatriation

Homeward Bound

by Robin Pascoe©2000
Expatriate Press

Robin Pascoe's new book Homeward Bound: A Spouse's Guide to Repatriation thoroughly addresses all aspects of repatriation for the spouse, from re-entry shock and depression, to helping the kids re-adjust, to setting up a new life. -- Francesca Kelly

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The Absentee American: Repatriates' Perspectives on America

by Carolyn D. Smith

©1991, 1994 ISBN 0-9639260-0-4 $12.95
Aletheia Publications, Inc. 46 Bell Hollow Rd. Putnam Valley, NY 10579 Tel. (914) 526-2873.
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Website: http://members.aol.com/AlethPub

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So You're Coming Home

by Hal B. Gregerson, J. Stewart Black

If you are currently on an international assignment, this book may be the difference between leveraging all that you have learned into future success, and finding yourself frustrated with the gaps between reality and what might have been. People often think coming home-repatriation is easy. They're wrong! For most people repatriation and its adjustments are more difficult than going overseas. Take control of your future and give yourself the knowledge and insights you need to succeed. -- Publisher's Description

© 1999 ISBN: 096631803X $17.95
Global Business Publishers

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Strangers at Home: Essays on the Effects of Living Overseas and Coming "Home" to a Strange Land

Carolyn D. Smith (Editor)

©1996 ISBN: 0-9639260-4-7 $15.95
Aletheia Publications, Inc. 46 Bell Hollow Rd. Putnam Valley, NY 10579 Tel. (914) 526-2873.
E-mail: mailto:AlethPub@aol.com
Website: http://members.aol.com/AlethPub

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The Art of Coming Home

by Craig Storb

Storti begins with an examination of the difficulties faced by returnees in general. He then defines the four stages of reentry: leave-taking, the honeymoon, reverse culture shock and readjustment, discussing what to expect at each stage.

Noting the substantial emotional and financial costs of an unsuccessful reentry, Storb next looks in depth at the specific issues faced by returning employees. Readers will gain a greater appreciation for the challenges confronting the returning employee, and also learn what both the employee and employer can do to improve the adjustment process.

Storb next examines the issues spouses, teenagers and young children encounter upon reentry, offering them advice for dealing with reentry both before and after departure. Teenagers will find especially valuable a section that focuses on their particular problems.

A final chapter addresses the reentry of four specific groups: high school exchange students, Peace Corps volunteers, military personnel and their families, and missionaries and their children.

In the end, this book will make returning home a more integrated part of the overseas experience rather than a frustrating and disappointing conclusion. - -Description by the publisher

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