ABOUT THE BOOK

Ted Botha became an expatriate in 1995, Jenni Baxter in 1990. He moved to New York via France, she to Australia by way of London. In their new countries, they created new lives, built new homes, made new friends and learned how to talk with a different accent. But there was one thing that neither of them ever forgot - South Africa. In fact, it was because of their South African connection and the well-known website SAReunited.com that the two met, became firm friends and decided to tell the story of what it's like to be a South African abroad.

They contacted South Africans far and wide - from Taiwan to Hawaii, Sydney to Sudan, Christchurch to Canada, London to L.A. - and got their take on living abroad and leaving their homeland behind. Their stories are surprising, funny, tragic, heartfelt, frustrating, racist and sometimes even quite sad. They are The Expat Confessions.

READ EXCERPTS:
- Kismet. It's that easy
- Coping