Big in China

Big in China My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Becoming a Star in Beijing

1st Edition

Hardback (20 Mar 2011)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"What a romp….Alan Paul walked the walk, preaching the blues in China. Anyone who doubts that music is bigger than words needs to read this great tale." -Gregg Allman

"An absolute love story. In his embrace of family, friends, music and the new culture he's discovering, Alan Paul leaves us contemplating the love in our own lives, and rethinking the concept of home." -Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor, with Randy Pausch, of The Last Lecture

Alan Paul, award-winning author of the Wall Street Journal's online column "The Expat Life," gives his engaging, inspiring, and unforgettable memoir of blues and new beginnings in Beijing. Paul's three-and-a-half-year journey reinventing himself as an American expat-while raising a family and starting the revolutionary blues band Woodie Alan, voted Beijing Band of the Year in the 2008-is a must-read adventure for anyone who has lived abroad, and for everyone who dreams of rewriting the story of their own future.

About the Publisher

Harper

Harper

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Book information

ISBN: 9780061993152
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: Harper
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 920
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 262
Weight: 422g
Height: 239mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 25mm