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Marrying Santiago Kindle Edition

by Suzanne Adam (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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She hadn’t seen it coming. Her new Chilean husband changed his mind, or, rather, the military coup changed it. Instead of their relocating to her native California as planned, he now wanted to give his country a chance. That was over four decades ago.
Raised surrounded by the lush landscape of Marin County, Suzanne Adam hadn’t expected to settle in Santiago, a city of over five million people, where she faced a series of daunting challenges: food shortages, a military dictatorship, heartbroken parents, maids and machismo. After a visit back home, she returned to Chile with a California redwood seedling in her pocket, and together they would push down their roots into that distant soil, where she discovered the truth in Wallace Stegner’s statement: “Whatever landscape a child is exposed to early on, that will be the sort of gauze through which he or she will see the world afterwards.”
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    3 May 2015
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Suzanne Adam served in the Peace Corps in Colombia before moving to Santiago, Chile, where she lives with her husband. Before turning to writing, she worked as a teacher of learning disabled children. Her narrative essays have been published in The Christian Science Monitor, California Magazine, Persimmon Tree, the Independent Journal and online magazine Nature Writing. She blogs at: tarweedspirit.blogspot.com and http: //peacecorpsworldwide.org/introduced-species/

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00X48YDZ8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Peace Corps Writers; First Peace Corps Writers Edition (3 May 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 733 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 204 pages
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A California native, Suzanne served in the Peace Corps in Colombia before moving to Santiago, Chile in 1972 to marry her boyfriend, Santiago. She explores how this experience has shaped her life in her memoir "Marrying Santiago." She admits to being a tree-hugger, avid reader, nature writer, talker to stray dogs and cats, gardener, CNN news junkie, bird watcher, lover of storms and laughter and doting granny. Before turning to writing, she worked as a teacher of learning disabled children. A member of Santiago writers, her essays have been published in The Christian Science Monitor, California Magazine, the Marin Independent Journal, Nature Writing and Persimmon Tree.

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Fredlee Shore
5.0 out of 5 stars In Retrospect and Looking Forward
Reviewed in the United States on 16 April 2021
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My daughter, an American transplant in Chile for over 26 years, recommended this book. Like Suzanne’s parents, I have Chilean grandchildren who have grown up in two cultures and like her Mom, I often feared not knowing them and being a bit jealous of their closeness to their Chilean family.
Suzanne’s story made me cry and laugh and realize that I, too, have been lucky to have experienced and to continue experiencing the diverse world in which we live.
I think about how my life and the life of my daughter might have been different if she had not met “her Santiago,” but I look forward to the continuation of the journey.
I recommend this memoir to all those who might have or are experiencing their own version of this story and to all of you who can live vicariously through her life. A delightful, bittersweet memoir. Thank you, Suzanne.
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Kristina Aaronson
5.0 out of 5 stars A sensitive and superb read....
Reviewed in the United States on 31 May 2015
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Having known Suzanne when we were brides and young mothers in far away Santiago, Chile during difficult times in the Pinochet years I was eager to read her memoir. It did not disappoint. Suzanne is a superb writer with so much attention to detail. She is a poet with a deep sensitivity to nature and its impact on her personal and emotional well being Having been born in Chile and grown up in South America as the child of American parents, I have struggled with where my own roots lie. Suzanne's exploration of her dual life as an American in Chile raising a family and staying most of her life was fascinating to me. Her decision to leave her beloved Marin County knowing she was the only child and yet stay the course with a loving Chilean husband and raise her two boys took great courage and is truly inspirational to read. I have followed Suzanne Adam's development as a writer and an observer of life and I would highly recommend her memoir.
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barbara lorig
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful professional resource for intercultural professionals
Reviewed in the United States on 20 October 2015
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I loved this book. I read it in 3 days.... picked it up whenever I had a spare moment.

I am an intercultural trainer and a Chilean expatriate for 20+ years. Suzanne has a written a very compelling book that sensitives you to the issues of bi-cultural marriage. Her eloquent prose draws you into the mixed emotions of having to choose between two beloved countries... her own California roots and the Chilean roots of her husband Santiago. Her story unravels as she walks through the stages of her life: expatriate, young wife and mother, professional educator, caretaker of aging parents, and ultimately grandmother and retired educator.... all told with vivid passages and vivid emotions.

I loved it as a book. But, it is also a great resource within the intercultural spectum. It can be used as a case study for learning about Chilean
culture, and also as a tool to sensitize people to the challenges of bi-cultural marriage. Kudos to the author..
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Lucy Quinby
5.0 out of 5 stars it only enhanced the weave of Suzanne's beautiful writing. It was the details
Reviewed in the United States on 24 May 2015
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Having our lives (Suzanne's and mine) intertwined for always, I could not wait to dive into Marrying Santiago. I could not put it down. Read it in two days. Knowing a lot of the history of Chile, a lot of
the time period for this book, it only enhanced the weave of Suzanne's beautiful writing. It was the details, the smallest but important notices of life and living that grabbed me. I could be there. I also did not know some parts of the story which made it even richer and more special. This story beautifully tells of the tug between two cultures, two countries, two families and yet when all is said and done - ONE wonderful life full of love. I recommend it highly.
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Riverside Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Life in Two Countries
Reviewed in the United States on 28 May 2015
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A memoir told with love of two countries, two families, and the author's eventual appreciation of both. The author vividly describes the pain of separation from parents and her California home, her difficulty with the subtleties of a foreign language, and the struggles to truly embrace the differences she encounters as she joins a large, warm family and raises two boys in a county unlike her own. People who have left the US to live in a foreign county or have been raised by immigrant parents or grandparents will especially appreciate the insight Suzanne's story provides. The book is well written, the memories honestly described and the journey with the author an enjoyable one.
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