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Our Home in Myanmar

Four Years in Yangon

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Our Home in Myanmar

By: Jessica Mudditt
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Myanmar - shrouded in mystery, misunderstood, and isolated for half a century.

After a whirlwind romance in Bangladesh, Australian journalist Jessica Mudditt and her Bangladeshi husband Sherpa arrive in Yangon in 2012 - just as the military junta is beginning to relax its ironclad grip on power. It is a high-risk atmosphere; a life riddled with chaos and confusion as much as it is with wonder and excitement.

Jessica joins a small team of old-hand expat editors at The Myanmar Times, whose Burmese editor is still languishing in prison. Whether she is covering a speech by Aung San Suu Kyi, getting dangerously close to cobras, directing cover shoots with Burmese models, or scaling Bagan's thousand-year-old temples, Jessica is entranced and challenged by a country undergoing rapid change.

But as the historic elections of 2015 draw near, it becomes evident that the road to democracy is full of twists, turns and false starts. The couple is blindsided when a rise in militant Buddhism takes a personal turn and challenges their belief that they have found a home in Myanmar.

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Honest, insightful and well-told. A rare account of contemporary expat life in Burma/Myanmar, a country with a fascinating history and culture that has lived through a political tragedy for many years. Mudditt, an Australian journalist who lived in Yangon between 2012 and 2016, brings into focus the lives and warmth of the Burmese people, the challenges of navigating official bureaucracy, the lingering racism and xenophobia that continues to plague society, and the intriguing world of journalism and diplomacy in Myanmar in the 2010s. Mixing the personal and political, this memoir will appeal to anyone with an interest in the country and its people.

Honest, insightful and well-told.

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I listened to this book in two days. Every chance I had, I turned Audible on to find out what happened next. The book is gripping — it’s a vivid peak into Myanmar in the short period of democracy told with such candour that you just want to hear more.

Jessica Mudditt’s experience is at times gut-wrenching, exhilarating and downright terrifying. It says so much about the fine balance between democracy and the totalitarian state in real life. We hear news of Myanmar from abroad but it’s hard to understand what it actually feels like to live under a volatile government. And her introduction to the local culture is really tight and accessible.

I really loved this book. It moved me deeply, and I was in tears by the end. I bought it as my Xmas listen, but it only lasted me two days. I would have loved to hear more and to got to spend more time on the streets of Yangon!

Gripping… couldn’t stop listening

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