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The Sand Pig and the Slippery-headed Fish
The Sand Pig and the Slippery-headed Fish
The Sand Pig and the Slippery-headed Fish
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When an almost forty-year-old Canadian on vacation meets a gorgeous young Jamaican on the beach things quickly heat up, despite their age difference.

Their sexy two-week romance—lazy days cavorting in turquoise seas under the blazing sun and sultry nights dancing to reggae music—sounds like every woman’s dream. But, within weeks of returning to build a life with him, she finds herself living in the remote countryside in a 12 x 12 cabin without running water, electricity, or indoor plumbing. Add in family and neighbours who despise her on sight, a brush with police, a reappearing ex-girlfriend, a court case and a possible paternity suit—all happening in a language she doesn’t understand—and the dream quickly turns into a nightmare.

Alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching, The Sand Pig and The Slippery-headed Fish takes you on a journey that travels beyond the fancy all-inclusive vacations and into the reality of life in a developing country, while exploring the challenges of a cross cultural, long distance relationship, and questions the notion that love can conquer all.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherPam Moreside
Release dateNov 9, 2018
ISBN9780463532997
The Sand Pig and the Slippery-headed Fish
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Pam Moreside

Pam Moreside is the author of The Sandpig and the Slippery-headed Fish, a debut novel chronicling the adventures (and misadventures) of her magical, tumultuous two winters living in Jamaica with a man she’d only known for 10 days. A self-confessed travel junkie, she’d rather while away her time, daydreaming in a hammock by a turquoise sea, than almost anything else. She recently returned from 5 months travelling in Mexico and Central America, struggling to communicate in Spanish and keep purchases within the confines of her 22 lb backpack. Keep in touch with Pam to see what’s next on her travel writing agenda at www.facebook.com/thetravellingsandpig

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