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Echoes of a Global Life

Part memoir, part travelogue, part history, this is Kathleen’s life of constant movement—goodbyes, new cities, and survival with humor amid trauma. From Burma to the U.S., Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Switzerland, and Russia, her family endures coups, riots, and unrest. A third-culture kid, rootless and resilient, she later lives in Moscow for nine years in the 1990s, witnessing history—and making a terrifying exit. Life is never boring.

A fascinating first-person account of a unique ex-pat upbringing

—Professor Tina Norton Buck, Austin, Texas

Description

Memoir, travelogue, history. Kathleen lives in a world of constant change. Everything is temporary. Moving from city to city she says goodbye to one and starts to explore the next. Never two the same. She survives. She keeps on going. Through trauma and scary times, there is also humor. She takes you from Burma to the USA, Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Switzerland, and Russia. Her family lives through a coup in Burma, student rioting in Colombia, two coups in Nigeria, and political unrest in Russia. Sometimes things are fabulous. Sometimes they are not. She is a Third Culture Kid, rootless and restless. As an adult she lives in Moscow for nine years during the 1990s where she witnesses history in the making and a terrifying exit. Life is never boring.

Product Details

PublishedAugust 15, 2025
ImprintCalumet Editions
LanguageEnglish
Print length272
ISBN-13978-1962834537
Dimensions6 x 0.68 x 9 inches

A fascinating first-person account of a unique ex-pat upbringing in a time and in a world that no longer exists.

—Professor Tina Norton Buck, Austin, Texas

By turns entertaining and disturbing, hopeful and heartbreaking.

—A.A. Vogel, author of Call of the Desert: Crossing

Moscow in the chaotic 1990s, an adventure that ended badly.

—Carol Matlack, Former Foreign Correspondent, living in Paris

This was a great read. It explored childhood to coming of age through a lens of rootlessness, the joy of learning through travel, the eye of geopolitical impacts, and the need to establish self-reliance. It also underscored the vital importance of family and friends and trust.

—Beth C., verified review on Amazon

As a fellow Third Culture Kid as the result of my own father’s overseas work, I appreciated Gamble’s candid writing… I also appreciated her inclusion of her parents’ letters that speak to the adult perspective of this far-flung life. ‘We have to tell our stories,’ she says. This rich, engaging, and honest book is Gamble’s contribution to TCK literature.

—Kelly Amerson Lopez, verified review on Amazon

I was so impressed with this book. The author’s story is super interesting (nonstop!) and very well told. She’s a good writer and manages to provide the right amount of narration and perspective about her experiences.

—HK, verified review on Amazon