Our Home in Myanmar: Four years in Yangon - Softcover

Mudditt, Jessica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0648914224 ISBN 13: 9780648914228

Synopsis

"An honest, detailed, and well-structured account of the personal and political." - Kirkus Reviews
Myanmar: shrouded in mystery, misunderstood and isolated for half a century

After a whirlwind romance in Bangladesh, Australian journalist Jessica Mudditt and her Bangladeshi husband Sherpa arrive in Yangon in 2012, just as the military junta is beginning to relax its ironclad grip on power. It is a high-risk atmosphere; a life riddled with chaos and confusion as much as it is with wonder and excitement. Jessica joins a small team of old-hand expat editors at The Myanmar Times, whose Burmese editor is still languishing in prison.

Whether she is covering a speech by Aung San Suu Kyi, getting dangerously close to cobras, directing cover shoots with Burmese models, or scaling Bagan’s thousand-year-old temples, Jessica is entranced and challenged by a country undergoing rapid change. But as the historic elections of 2015 draw near, it becomes evident that the road to democracy is full of twists, turns and false starts. The couple is blindsided when a rise in militant Buddhism takes a personal turn and challenges their belief that they have found a home in Myanmar.

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About this title

About the Author

Jessica Mudditt was born in Melbourne, Australia, and currently lives in Sydney. She spent ten years working as a journalist in London, Bangladesh and Myanmar, before returning home in 2016. Her articles have been published by the BBC, The Economist Intelligence Unit, GQ and Marie Claire, among others. Our Home in Myanmar is her first book.

Edition details

• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0648914224
• ISBN 13: 9780648914228
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314