Ebook: Hong Konged: one modern American family's (mis)adventures in the gateway to China

In this alternately hilarious and heartrending memoir, acclaimed writer and editor Paul Hanstedt recounts the true story of his family's recent sojourn to Hong Kong. Hanstedt and his wife and three children--aged 9, 6, and 3--lived in Hong Kong for a year, a year beset by culture clash, vicious bullies, hospital visits, M & Ms, and the worst traffic jam you've ever seen. Through the eyes of the earnest if sometimes clueless Hanstedt family, you'll discover a world you've never known before. But in the end, Hong Konged is about place and family and what it is that makes us human-;Cover; PRAISE FOR; Title Page; NOTE TO THE READER; Dedication; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE: OUR FAMILY ON THE VERGE OF DESTRUCTION; Part I: Kowlooned; CHAPTER 1: FIRST DAZE; CHAPTER 2: THERE WILL BE SWEAT; CHAPTER 3: EATING OUT; CHAPTER 4: KNOWING; CHAPTER 5: CLEVER DUCKS; CHAPTER 6: HELP; CHAPTER 7: A DAY AT THE BITCH, BITCH, BITCH; CHAPTER 8: JOY; CHAPTER 9: MY SO-CALLED WIFE; CHAPTER 10: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY; Part II: Gweilo Road Trip; CHAPTER 11: SHANGHAI SURPRISED; CHAPTER 12: HURLING OURSELVES INTO CHINA; CHAPTER 13: 312 M ... M'S LATER; CHAPTER 14: JADE.