简介
When Alan Paul's wife was offered the job as the Wall Street Journal's China bureau chief, he saw it as an amazing opportunity to shake up their increasingly staid suburban New Jersey life. Excited and not a little scared, they packed up their three children鈥攁ges two, four, and seven鈥攁nd headed for adventure and uncertainty in Beijing, China. Based on his award-winning Wall Street Journal Online column, "The Expat Life," Big in China explores Paul's unlikely three-and-a-half-year journey of reinvention in this rapidly developing metropolis. He reveals the challenges that he and his family faced while living in a foreign land, including reaching beyond the expat community, coming to terms with his new role as a stay-at-home dad, and learning to navigate and thrive in an unfamiliar culture. By viewing an intimidating challenge as a golden opportunity rather than as a burden, he saw his world open up around him. At the heart of the memoir is his time fronting Woodie Alan, a blues band he formed with a Chinese partner. The cross-cultural collaboration became an unlikely success. The band embarked on a tour across China, earning the title "Best Band in Beijing" and recording an acclaimed CD of original music sung in both English and Mandarin, which prompted ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons to say, "This is the best Chinese blues band I ever heard. Who knew?" Woodie Alan was symbolic of Paul's entire China experience and proof of what transpires when one can suspend preconceived notions and plunge into a new reality. A testament to the transformative power of a life lived beyond comfortable borders, Big in China reminds us of the importance of always keeping our horizons wide and our thoughts ambitious.
目录
Prologue p. 1
Chapter 1 Come to the Edge p. 5
Chapter 2 That's What Love Will Make You Do p. 11
Chapter 3 Across the Great Divide p. 17
Chapter 4 Beautiful Sorta p. 27
Chapter 5 Say What? p. 35
Chapter 6 Key to the Highway p. 43
Chapter 7 When You Feel It, You Know p. 49
Chapter 8 Into the Great Wide Open p. 55
Chapter 9 Sad and Deep as You p. 65
Chapter 10 No Particular Place to Go p. 79
Chapter 11 Lonesome and a Long Way from Home p. 87
Chapter 12 Can't Lose What You Never Had p. 91
Chapter 13 Cast Off All My Fears p. 97
Chapter 14 Let It Grow p. 107
Chapter 15 Visible Man p. 111
Chapter 16 Into the Mystic p. 119
Chapter 17 Bringing It All Back Home p. 131
Chapter 18 Bit by Bit (Little by Little) p. 135
Chapter 19 Them Changes p. 143
Chapter 20 I Will Dare p. 149
Chapter 21 Teach Your Children p. 157
Chapter 22 The House Is Rocking p. 163
Chapter 23 You Ain't Going Nowhere p. 169
Chapter 24 Giant Steps p. 177
Chapter 25 Come and Go Blues p. 185
Chapter 26 Mountain High, River Deep p. 193
Chapter 27 Beijing Blues p. 203
Chapter 28 Games People Play p. 207
Chapter 29 Big in China p. 211
Chapter 30 Bittersweet Surrender p. 219
Chapter 31 Tick Tock p. 229
Chapter 32 Baby Please Don't Go p. 235
Chapter 33 Tomorrow Never Knows p. 241
Epilogue: I Shall Return p. 247
Acknowledgments p. 259
Chapter 1 Come to the Edge p. 5
Chapter 2 That's What Love Will Make You Do p. 11
Chapter 3 Across the Great Divide p. 17
Chapter 4 Beautiful Sorta p. 27
Chapter 5 Say What? p. 35
Chapter 6 Key to the Highway p. 43
Chapter 7 When You Feel It, You Know p. 49
Chapter 8 Into the Great Wide Open p. 55
Chapter 9 Sad and Deep as You p. 65
Chapter 10 No Particular Place to Go p. 79
Chapter 11 Lonesome and a Long Way from Home p. 87
Chapter 12 Can't Lose What You Never Had p. 91
Chapter 13 Cast Off All My Fears p. 97
Chapter 14 Let It Grow p. 107
Chapter 15 Visible Man p. 111
Chapter 16 Into the Mystic p. 119
Chapter 17 Bringing It All Back Home p. 131
Chapter 18 Bit by Bit (Little by Little) p. 135
Chapter 19 Them Changes p. 143
Chapter 20 I Will Dare p. 149
Chapter 21 Teach Your Children p. 157
Chapter 22 The House Is Rocking p. 163
Chapter 23 You Ain't Going Nowhere p. 169
Chapter 24 Giant Steps p. 177
Chapter 25 Come and Go Blues p. 185
Chapter 26 Mountain High, River Deep p. 193
Chapter 27 Beijing Blues p. 203
Chapter 28 Games People Play p. 207
Chapter 29 Big in China p. 211
Chapter 30 Bittersweet Surrender p. 219
Chapter 31 Tick Tock p. 229
Chapter 32 Baby Please Don't Go p. 235
Chapter 33 Tomorrow Never Knows p. 241
Epilogue: I Shall Return p. 247
Acknowledgments p. 259
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