Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, Revised Edition - Softcover

David C. Pollock; Ruth E. Van Reken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857885252 ISBN 13: 9781857885255

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey America, 2009

Synopsis

New 3rd Edition now available!

"This book is the 'bible' for anyone who wants to understand the blessings and curses of growing up multiculturally." - William Paul Young, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Shack

For more than a decade, this second edition of Third Culture Kids has been the authority on "TCKs"--children of expatriates, missionaries, military personnel and others who live and work abroad. With a significant part of their developmental years spent outside of their passport country, TCKs create their own, unique "third" cultures.

Authors Pollock and Van Reken pioneered the TCK profile, which brought to light the emotional and psychologoical realities that come with the TCK journey, often resulting in feelings of rootlessness and grief but also an increased confidence and ability to interact with many cultures. Through interviews and personal writings, this second edition explores the challenges and benefits that TCKs encounter, and also widens the net to discuss the experiences of CCKs, cross-cultural kids, who are immigrants, international adoptees or the children of biracial or bicultural parents.

Highlighting dramatic changes brought about by instant communication and ever-evolving mobility patterns, Third Culture Kids reveals the hidden diversity in our world and challenges traditional notions of identity and "home"--and shows us how the TCK experience is becoming increasingly common and valuable.

About this title

From the Publisher

Advance praise for Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, rev. ed.:

"As an adult TCK, I have long wrestled with how I fit into this world. This book is the 'bible' for anyone who wants to understand the blessings and the curses of growing up multiculturally."
-Wm Paul Young, author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Shack

"Growing up as a TCK has been a gift and has significantly shaped my life and work. As I interact with world leaders one day and with those living in refugee camps the next, I continually draw upon my experience of living among different cultures. I am delighted to see the lessons learned from the traditional TCK experience live on in this new edition of Third Culture Kids."
-Scott Gration, Maj Gen, USAF (Ret), President Obama's Special Envoy to Sudan

From the Back Cover

"Growing up as a TCK has been a gift and has significantly shaped my life and work. As I interact with world leaders one day and with this living in refugee camps the next, I continually draw upon my experience of living among different cultures. I am delighted to see the lessons learned from the traditional TCK experience live on in this new edition of Third Culture Kids." - Scott Gration, Maj General, USAF (Ret), President Obama's Special Envoy to Sudan.
For more than a decade, Third Culture Kids has been the authority on "TCKs" - for children of expatriates, missionaries, military personnel and others who live and work abroad. With significant part of their development years spent outside of their passport country, TCKs create their own unique "third" cultures. Authors Pollock and Van Reken pioneered the TCK profile, which brough to light the emotional and psychological realities that come with the TCK journey, often resulting in feelings of rootlessness and grief but also in increased confidence and ability to interact with many cultures.
Through interviews and personal writings, this new, expanded edition explores the challenges and benefits that TCKs encounter, and also widens the net to discuss the experiences of CCKs, cross-cultural kids, who are immigrants, international adoptees or the children of biracial or bicultural parents. highlighting dramatic changes brought about by instant communication and ever-evolving mobility pattern, Third Culture Kids reveals the hidden diversity in our world and challenges our traditional notions of identity and "home" - and shows us how the TCK experience is becoming increasingly common and valuable.            

About this edition

• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey America
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1857885252
• ISBN 13: 9781857885255
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320