Greetings all,
I read Beijing Tai Tai a few years ago, when i first met Tania McCartney. I went to her book reading & as i read the book myself, i heard her voice telling me her story, personally. It's just that kind of fabulous book. Now it has been relaunched with a fresh cover & extra content, the kind folks at Exilse Publishing have offered a copy of the new release for one of my lucky readers.
I read Beijing Tai Tai a few years ago, when i first met Tania McCartney. I went to her book reading & as i read the book myself, i heard her voice telling me her story, personally. It's just that kind of fabulous book. Now it has been relaunched with a fresh cover & extra content, the kind folks at Exilse Publishing have offered a copy of the new release for one of my lucky readers.
"I feel like everyone should know about Beijing Tai Tai... it's the Eat Pray Love for mothers." - author Dee White
& Tania is gorgeous, she'd star in her own Hollywood movie version too!!
The official word . . .
Intensely personal, at times a little controversial, Beijing Tai Tai is a rollercoaster ride of honesty and openness as a wife (tai tai) and mother juggles suburban family life in urban Beijing. Presented in a series of love/hate column-like snippets - on topics ranging from the consumption of bull testicles to the life-altering experience of walking the Great Wall - it exposes expatriate life in a country on the brink of great change
From tragic hair moments and bustling silk markets to China's quest to stay true to its ancient origins, Beijing Tai Tai is a book for anyone interested in this diverse and culturally rich country. It's for anyone from anywhere who knows what it's like to fall in love, explore new worlds and live with challenges. It's about life in a city full of soaring highs and disconsolate lows - but never anything less than remarkable.
& Tania is gorgeous, she'd star in her own Hollywood movie version too!!
The official word . . .
Intensely personal, at times a little controversial, Beijing Tai Tai is a rollercoaster ride of honesty and openness as a wife (tai tai) and mother juggles suburban family life in urban Beijing. Presented in a series of love/hate column-like snippets - on topics ranging from the consumption of bull testicles to the life-altering experience of walking the Great Wall - it exposes expatriate life in a country on the brink of great change
From tragic hair moments and bustling silk markets to China's quest to stay true to its ancient origins, Beijing Tai Tai is a book for anyone interested in this diverse and culturally rich country. It's for anyone from anywhere who knows what it's like to fall in love, explore new worlds and live with challenges. It's about life in a city full of soaring highs and disconsolate lows - but never anything less than remarkable.
"This book rewrites the myth of the full-time expat mother." - Lee Mack, Managing Editor, City Weekend Beijing
Me, well my favourtite stories in Beijing Tai Tai include . . . trying open a bottle of wine on a train journey, sans corkscrew; her little boy's first day of International School - still wearing size 2 underpants (i hear you Tania!!); & the hilarious under current/ parrallel story of the housemaid, sometimes sinister but always entertaining, always at the McCartneys expense. I didn't want the book to end, i savoured the last few pages, great entertainment for $24.95. There is also a neat glossary at the back with all the must-know terms for life in China. Yes, Tania thought of everything!!
Cover Girl Tania & ACT National Year of Reading Ambassador Tania; wife, mother, author, writer, friend Tania, the lady is an incredible talent, you should see her blog - filled with craft, style, humour, travel, parties . . .
Tania even runs this amazing KBR website, a must for young readers!!
Thanks to Exisle Publishing for sponsoring this book giveaway.
You can also order a copy of the book here.
Just follow this blog & leave a comment here to win a copy of this fantastic book, open now until midnight on Thursday 19th April.
If you're in Canberra, come along to the launch at the National Library of Australia on Wednesday 18th April (evening), details & RSVP here.
Good luck everyone, i'll announce winners of all my latest blog giveaways on April 20th. Love Posie
