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Jessica Pan holds a master's degree in journalism from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She was the executive editor of a major Beijing magazine and published more than one hundred articles around the globe. Rachel Kapelke-Dale is pursuing a Ph.D. in cinematographic studies at University College London. She is a widely published short fiction writer. Both authors live in London.
Graduates in Wonderland is a book written in a form of email exchanges between two best friends who go through the process of growing up in very different parts of the world after graduating from university. It's a story of adventure, fun, pain, disappointment, surprise...a full flavoured bottle of 'spice of life' depicted in two lovely, intimate voices. It's a book that makes you laugh and frown, chuckle and wince and unable to put down. I think they should also make a movie based on this book and I would def go see it!
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A good read for people on the cusp of graduation having to face the 'real world' for the first time. The writing style is immensely readable, often funny, and the story lines are genuinely interesting. Many of the characters remain two dimensional but that is understandable given the correspondence nature of the work.
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This book is testament to the importance of having genuine friendships, that can endure across time zones and different continents. This book would be particularly enjoyed by anyone who has itchy feet and wants to travel the world. Life after graduation is not always as we imagined and Pan and Kapelke-Dale document their post-college experiences with humour and I am sure many recent (or not so recent) graduates will develop an affinity for them as they read about their adventures.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Fantastic read - pure joy13 May 2014
By
Richard Henderson
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Format: Paperback
A very honest account of three years for two close friends living abroad in their early twenties - it's extremely well written and pure reading joy to see two lives unravel and grow on the page as they correspond with bitting, honest wit.
A warning: You'll want to get yourself on a plane within a few pages somewhere exotic. The authors capture that spark that drives so many people, young and old, to travel and explore the world in search for adventure and experience.
The humour is very rich and the pair succeed here in balancing the honesty of their task to remain painfully honest to one another with the hard hitting facts of life that the years after graduating college are often paved like rough cobblestones, not smooth tarmac.
A great read - I highly recommend.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I loved this book9 May 2014
By
sondra leclair
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Format: Paperback
I loved this book! The friendship between Rachel and Jess is so strong, they can tell each other anything without being judged by the other. Besides learning about their strong friendship, I also learned about the countries where they lived. I found it to be the kind of book that I just couldn't put down! A very charming read!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Loved this book13 May 2014
By
Linda V. Meagher
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Format: Paperback
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I just finished this delightful, funny and entertaining book. It recalls the exciting, scary uncertainty of those post-college years when everything is new and unknown. The book is also a wonderful story of long distance friendship. It should be a graduation present for every new college graduate and anyone who has been blessed with enduring friendships. Friendships like this last forever.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great summer read2 Jun. 2014
By
Mary D
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Format: Kindle Edition
I picked up this book sort of by accident, mostly because I was looking for something light and funny to augment the more serious stuff on my summer reading list. To be honest I wasn't that interested in the whole "deep exploration of post-collegiate female friendship" the book is profiled as - I have my own friends and I'm not really at that juncture in my life - but I read the first few lines and the writing was witty, sarcastically self depreciating, and hilarious, which is exactly my kind of read. I added it to my Kindle and devoured it. It's funny throughout, gives you bizarre glimpses of the world as these ladies journey through it, and at times, is raw and honest in a way that makes run-of-the-mill girl drama really engaging. All around good read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Couldn't put it down!20 May 2014
By
ckc628
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Format: Paperback
I laughed out loud until my face ached when I was reading this delicious page-turner. The stories recounted by these two women of their post-college adventures are witty, intelligent, endearingly embarrassing and ridiculously relatable. Too good! And now - time to read it again.
