CAROLINE EARLY The Juice of the Lime: A Short Story of Love and Loss in Laos By Caroline Early About The Juice of the Lime: Drawn together by a shared background in a foreign land, Australian friends Lisa and Claire find themselves at odds over Claire's relationship with Noi, a younger Lao man. When Lisa decides to confront Claire, unspoken tensions over expatriate life in Laos rise to the surface, uncovering differences even the closest of friendships cannot overcome. Set in Laos, a country rarely featured in fiction, this thought-provoking story takes an honest look at the boundaries of friendship and the challenges of cross-cultural relationships. A great read for anyone with an interest in travel or simply the human dilemmas that we face in our everyday lives. A review of The Juice of the Lime by Jennifer M. Wilson, author of Witch: “Unique both in setting and in its unscrupulous look at the breakdown of communication between two friends, this story offers us a journey inside the expat experience in Laos. Early carefully crafts a contemplation on how friends must navigate the boundaries of communication between one another just as carefully as a traveller would in a foreign land." Read a free excerpt from The Juice of the Lime on www.freebookexcerpts.com About the author: Caroline Early has lived and worked in South-East Asia, Hong Kong and the U.K. as a teacher, freelance writer and health educator. She has travelled extensively in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. She currently lives in New Zealand. Author contact details and further information: Email: earlycl@yahoo.co.uk Published by Itineravoy, an imprint of Waratah Communications www.waratahcommunications.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- How to order a paperback copy: by telephone: +64 3441 2052 by email: early@yahoo.co.uk by mail: PO Box 203, Queenstown 9348, New Zealand Price: US $5.99, payment by cheque ----------------------------------------------------------------