kalkie 's review for:

Married to Bhutan: How One Woman Got Lost, Said I Do, and Found Bliss by Linda Leaming

3.0

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This is a very interesting collection of memoirs, written by an American lady living in Bhutan. The contrasts between the two countries are stark, but Bhutan, without all its consumer excess and wealth, is richer in many other ways.

It's interesting (to me) that this book is written by an American. While Bhutan is not necessarily a very well-known country in the UK, I think we are more aware of the outside world than our American cousins. A point that Linda Leaming also picks up towards the end of her book. I wonder if the contrasts would have been so stark if the book were written by a British writer.

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I did find it odd that none of her family attended the wedding between her and Namgay. It made me wonder if there was something she was running away from when she found solace in Bhutan, or something else going on that she didn't touch upon in the book.

I also found it odd that the book ends with her decision to adopt Kinlay but doesn't expand any further on that decision or the new experiences in Bhutan that that would necessarily bring.

I enjoyed reading this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone who would like to know more about life in this spectacular country.