Synopsis
"What a romp….Alan Paul walked the walk, preaching the blues in China. Anyone who doubts that music is bigger than words needs to read this great tale." —Gregg Allman
"An absolute love story. In his embrace of family, friends, music and the new culture he's discovering, Alan Paul leaves us contemplating the love in our own lives, and rethinking the concept of home." —Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor, with Randy Pausch, of The Last Lecture
Alan Paul, award–winning author of the Wall Street Journal’s online column “The Expat Life,” gives his engaging, inspiring, and unforgettable memoir of blues and new beginnings in Beijing. Paul’s three-and-a-half-year journey reinventing himself as an American expat—while raising a family and starting the revolutionary blues band Woodie Alan, voted Beijing Band of the Year in the 2008—is a must-read adventure for anyone who has lived abroad, and for everyone who dreams of rewriting the story of their own future.
About Alan Paul
See more books from this AuthorA man's serendipitous rise from writer to rock star in China.
Feb 15 2011 | Read Full Review of Big in China: My Unlikely Adv...The author's experiences in China -- fronting a band, bicycling through village markets -- are told with verve and enthusiasm. His entertaining website is at www.alanpaulinchina.com
Aug 05 2011 | Read Full Review of Big in China: My Unlikely Adv...When the Wall Street Journal offered Alan Paul's wife a posting to Beijing as its China bureau chief in 2005, he had no idea that within three years, he would be a rock star, the front man for Beijing's "band of the year," the eponymous "Woodie Alan."
May 14 2011 | Read Full Review of Big in China: My Unlikely Adv...Not long after its inception, Woodie Alan was voted 2008 band of the year by a Beijing weekly, garnering up to $2,500 per gig and jetting across the country on tour.
Apr 13 2011 | Read Full Review of Big in China: My Unlikely Adv...Too Big To Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin's account of the darkest days of the financial crisis in 2008, is now an HBO movie.
May 17 2011 | Read Full Review of Big in China: My Unlikely Adv...In 2005, Guitar World senior writer Alan Paul and his family opted for a dramatic lifestyle change, when Paul’s wife, Rebecca Blumenstein, accepted a position as the Wall Street Journal’s China bureau chief.
Apr 26 2011 | Read Full Review of Big in China: My Unlikely Adv...An aggregated and normalized score based on 103 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes