Postcards from Accross the Pond - Michael Harling

[steveg]

This is a book written by a member (albeit more a lurker than a poster) of this very forum - MikeH - here are my thoughts on it....

Well, what can I say? Not only did I enjoy this book, but I am now craving more (there will be more Mike won’t there?) (pretty please?). This in my opinion is a very funny book indeed. Virtually every situation he describes, Paula and I have experienced too, albeit not using the Bag Balm tin (and yes, we do have a tin of it) to kill spiders, as I am not that fazed by them. I challenge any of you Americans now living in the UK not to have thought the same as Mike has done when presented with some of the situations.

I am trying desperately not to compare his writing with Bill Bryson (too easy to do as both are Americans writing about living in Britain) , but it’s hard as they both have an excellent, if slightly different, sense of humour about what they see and experience. I can say however, that I was literally laughing out loud during my lunch breaks at work whilst reading this book.

If you want to remember what it was like when you first moved here – how it felt before you understood what “feeling chuffed” was, or what sort of food a Swede is – then buy a copy of this book (go to the blog site – see below - and order directly from there) I for one am happy to have read this, and I know Paula equally enjoyed reading it too.

http://www.lindenwald.com/index.html

Steve

[steveg]

For anyone who may be interested to go to the blog and read about it, Mike the author of the book I wrote about in the post above this one has just become a British citizen and has written about the ceremony in his blog. I thought i would mention it here for the folks who are all going through the process at the moment (Paula included), as you may find it interesting to read his thoughts on it.

Steve

[Lotus Freak]

will definitely have to check this out, from what you and Paula said it really sounds intersting