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I write non-fiction books on expatriation and life abroad. I have a deep understanding of this way of life: I lived abroad more than 10 years.

 

Finding Your Feet In Chicago

The essential guide for expat families

by Véronique Martin-Place

You won't get lost in the Windy City with this down-to-earth guide in your pocket. New in town? Relax in the knowledge that everything you need to help you settle into to the USA's third largest city with your family is here. Written by an expat wife and mother, Véronique Martin-Place, you can be sure no corner of the area known fondly as The Loop has been unexplored. Topics include :

How to find the right school for your child;
How to make friends and have fun;
How to make the most of your host city.

Finding Your Feet In Chicago is available in paperback and Kindle Edition on the Amazon websites :

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This book is written in English and was published by Summertime Publishing, 2012.

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Paroles de mères expatriées. Des récits pluriels sur la parentalité nomade

by Véronique Martin-Place

Book in French available on available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle. Published on July 2019

Paroles de mères expatriées is an essay collection written by multi-expat women, who became mothers abroad. Through their testimonials and slices of life, the book reports of nomadic parenthood challenges at the 21st century. The book answers the question : how to raise and educate children within multicultural environments that are different from the those of the parents?

The book is structured around female parenthood abroad, i.e. from maternity to empty nest syndrome in a context of multi-expatriation. This book is not only aimed at expat women who are already mothers or who want to become parent somehow, it is also for every generation of women. Its time-related approach at the scale of a life allows it to be transgenerational.

It will also interest HR for companies that send their staff members and their families abroad, consultancy agencies specialised on interculturalism as well as psychologists who help expat families.