We're not stupid. We knew that living abroad would be hard, especially with three little kids . . . . Nonetheless, when we found out we' be spending a year in Hong Kong as part of a special Fulbright program working with general education, what we pictured were sparkling skyscrapers, green Star Ferries, quaint if dirty dai pai dongs where we could slurp noodles next to university students, Filipino helpers, and elderly Chinese women dressed in--well, whatever it was elderly women in Hong Kong would dress in. Okay, so we were stupid. --From the Introduction In this alternately hilarious and heart-rending memoir, acclaimed writer and editor Paul Hanstedt recounts the true story of his family's recent sojourn to Hong Kong. Hanstedt and his wife and three children--aged 9, 6, and 3--lived in Hong for a year, a year beset by culture clash, childhood bullies, homesickness, family tragedy, and three kids who won't eat fish balls. Through the eyes of the earnest if sometimes clueless Hanstedt family, readers discover a world they've never known before--from dim sum, jade, and junks to crazy monkeys, lion dances, and mangosteens. But in the end, Hong Konged is about place and family and what it is that makes us human--no matter who we are or where we live. AUTHOR: Paul Hanstedt has been a professor of English and creative writing for fifteen years and is the editor of the national literary journal, the Roanoke Review. His work has appeared in Puerto Del So, Confrontation, the Beloit Fiction Journal, Writing on the Edge, MLA's The Profession, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Brain, Child, for which he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He's also a staple on the Virginia Public Radio station WVTF, with a listening audience of 160,000.