Whether you’re currently planning a trip to Beijing or dabbling with the idea of visiting the Great Wall during your lifetime, Laura Stone’s travel memoir, is a must read. “I Give Seven Chicken”: And Other Travel Experiences in China, provides readers with a sense of how it actually feels for American tourists to be immersed into Chinese culture. While most published works available on China provide only factual travel information, this personal journal includes insightful stories that intimately describe Chinese culture through Western eyes. From being surprised by unwelcome “table buddies” at McDonald’s to adjusting to Chinese “squatty potties,” the shared encounters are side-splittingly enlightening. Plus, find out why “seven chicken” is not such a good offer! Most definitely, the events recorded in this book document a hilarious culture clash of West meets East!
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The world is a book authored by God, and those who never travel read only a page.
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“. . . a humorous, light read that relies on honest feelings, a fair amount of wit, and a huge helping of culture clash . . . an overall entertaining memoir.”
Expands beyond the safety of pages bound by predictability to explore and often confirm exciting creative possibilities. A shimmering collage of memoir, creative nonfiction, literary journalism, and dizzying flights into poetic observation, this is t
