REVIEWS
MEDIA REVIEWS
Focus Magazine, June 2022
NZ Booklovers Review, July 2022
NZ Booklovers Q & A, July 2022
The Westerly, August 2022 (pg 45)
NZ Booklovers Review, July 2022
NZ Booklovers Q & A, July 2022
The Westerly, August 2022 (pg 45)
READERS' REVIEWS
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I’ve been a distance daughter for many years, most recently for 5 years when I lived abroad with my husband and two children . Helen has truly captured this experience and how it felt for me. It was a mix of adventure and a heavy dose of guilt. Our family was supportive - even still this book would have provided a view into our world for them. I bought the kindle version and dove into the book right away. I also work with long distance grandparents and have recommended this book as a way for grandparents to really ‘see’ and understand the things their adult children are thinking and feeling. Sometimes we can’t always articulate it or share our feelings - thank-you Helen for writing a book that does it for us! |
It’s a great book. Lots of good info. Highly recommend anyone with distant family read it.
- Tricia Liggins, New Zealand Distance Grandmother/Parent with family in Australia and Switzerland
I had the privilege of reading an advance copy of Helen's latest book "Being a Distance Son or Daughter" and I highly recommend it. Helen's research, resources, and vulnerable insight have me both patting myself on the back for the things I've done well AND considering ways that I can improve how I distance family. It's truly a book for 'ALL' generations. |
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An incredibly rich and comprehensive resource for Distance Families! Ellis covers detailed aspects of expat family life and unpacks complicated emotions along this journey with empathy, depth, and reflection. This book often moved me to tears; some scenarios, especially those of navigating visits back home, were all too familiar as a distance daughter for over 20 years. This book belongs on the bookshelf of every expat who moves abroad!
- Mariam Navaid Ottimofiore, author of This Messy Mobile Life
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How I wish I'd had this book when I started living around the world as a Distance Daughter! |
Being a Distance Daughter and sibling now for over 23yrs I thought I had a pretty good understanding and enough experience on how to navigate my relationships. Helen’s book gave me new perspectives, different levels of understanding and an insight to topics and situations that I may or may not encounter in the future.
Helen does not shy away from saying it as it is, the reality and raw truth of how one may be thinking or feeling, but not necessarily openly acknowledging, left me pondering on the past, present and future of my distance relationship with my parents and siblings. Thank you Helen for writing such an honest, thought provoking and supportive book. A must read and one I will refer to often, I wish this was written years ago!”
-Navine Eldesouki, founder of Coffee with an Expat
I have been a global citizen for much longer than was a stationary citizen. Not fully belonging anywhere is a feeling I am comfortable with, and even crave if I stay too long in any one place. My husband and children understand this feeling, even if they experience it somewhat differently. My family and oldest friends love telling stories about my newest location but really know very little about my experiences. It has always been this way. Until I read Helen´s book, I was unaware that the way I felt and bumbled through my oldest relationships was common to serial expats. This book provided insight into how others have found solutions to navigate distant relationships in a way that can be mutually satisfying. As my own adult children start to scatter around the globe, I have the advantage of being able to experience their joy secondhand, combined with new knowledge on managing our future distant relationships. What an excellent life resource!
-Ana McGinley, author of Parental Guidance: Long Distance Care for Aging Parents
Helen Ellis’s book, Being a Distance Son or Daughter - a Book for ALL Generations leaves no stone unturned. This is a deeply comprehensive look at the challenges of being a distance son or daughter, including straight talk on anything from finance, to in-laws to holiday visits to death. The gift in this book is that being armed with these informed perspectives allows us all to make the most of our relationships, no matter where we are. |
All too often we have these thoughts about how to “handle” things back home. We try to be diplomatic, considerate of everyone but actually we not really sure. Helen has accumulated hours and hours of research to bring the very best solutions for any situation. An easy to read and considerate book that brings focus to my thoughts. An absolute must read for anyone living abroad. |
I'm so glad that Helen wrote this book. Being away from parents is a challenge that accompanies so many in their expat experience (myself included!) Helen walks us through this journey with empathy, insights and reflections from researchers and her own valuable experience. I'll recommend it to my clients and I will consult it very often.
-Gabriela Encina, Psychologist/Online Counseling for Women Abroad
What an amazing reference document for distance sons and daughters! It covers all aspects of life (literally from life to death!), common issues facing expats (such as multicultural families) and things which happen in all families (crises and relationship breakdowns) but take on added complexity with geographical separation. It will sit on my bookshelf ready to be consulted when I need a solution or a perspective that takes into account the particular situation of a distance family.”
-Bridget Romanes, Principal, Mobile Relocation NZ
With Being a Distance Son or Daughter Helen manages to bring to life not only the different generations and point of views but also the reflections and learning that can come out of these complex relationships. This book is a wonderful addition to the mobile community and Helen shares with us intimate stories to bring light and give us tips on how to keep up with the changes in each life involved in this big family living apart - but together.
-Carolina Porto, International Transition Mentor and author of Lar Mundo Afora and Un Hogar Lejos De Casa
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Helen’s books have the potential to make a lasting impact on expatriates and organisations for years to come and open up a very important area of employee wellbeing for discussion and further exploration beyond the COVID era. |
