Synopses & Reviews
Winner of the 1993 Governor Generals Award for Non-FictionPainfully bored with school, 17-year-old Karen Connelly set off for rural Thailand to spend one year as an exchange student. This is her intensely honest account of living in a beautiful but sometimes infuriating culture.I already look forward to reading Touch the Dragon againand again.Timothy Findley
Synopsis
Published in the U.S. as Dream of a Thousand Lives: A Sojourn in Thailand (Seal Press). "Painfully bored" with school, 17-year-old Karen Connelly set off for rural Thailand to spend one year as an exchange student. This is her intensely honest account of living in a beautiful but sometimes infuriating culture.