Movies and Books about Global Nomads

MOVIES
BOOKS
Biographies & Memoirs
  • Aciman, Andre – Out of Egypt / False Papers
  • Alagiah, George – A Passage to Africa
  • Allingham, George E. – Growing Up In Khaki: Life as a Service Brat
  • Askew, Eddie – Edge of Daylight ?
  • Ballard, JG – Empire of the Sun / The Kindness of Women
  • Bascomb, Tim – Chameleon Days
  • Bell-Villada, Gene – Overseas American: Growing Up Gringo in the Tropics
  • Blaise, Clark – Resident Alien / Southern Stories
  • Booth, Martin – Gweilo
  • Cliff, Norman – Courtyard of the Happy Way
  • Coleman, Daniel – The Scent of Eucalyptus
  • Dale, Wendy – Avoiding Prison & Other Noble Vacation Goals: Adventures in Love and Danger
  • DeVries, Benjamin – A Delicate Fade
  • Espy, John – Minor Heresies, Major Departures: A China Mission Boyhood
  • Forna, Aminatta – The Devil That Danced on the Water
  • Fritz, Jean – Homesick / China Homecoming
  • Fuller, Alexandra – Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
  • Gilkey, Langdon – Shantung Compound
  • Godwin, Peter – Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa / When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa / Rhodesians Never Die
  • Greenwood, Alice – White Ghost Girls
  • Huxley, Elspeth – The Flame Trees of Thika / The Mottled Lizard
  • Ishiguro, Kazuo – When We Were Orphans
  • Johns, W.E. – The Boy Biggles
  • Keith, Agnes Newton – Land Below the Wind / Three Came Home / White Man
  • Kerr, Andy & Deborah – You Know You’re An MK When…
  • Lively, Penelope – Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived
  • Markam, Beryl – West with the Night
  • Masters, Pamela – The Mushroom Years: A Story of Survival
  • Michell, David – A Boy’s War
  • Obama, Barack – Dreams From My Father
  • Ondatje, Michael – Running in the Family
  • Orr, Elaine Neil – Gods of Noonday: A White Girl’s African Life
  • Paterson, Katherine – Stories of My Life
  • Power, Desmond – Little Foreign Devil
  • Ritter, Michael – The Brat Chronicles
  • Said, Edward – Out of Place
  • Seaman, Paul A. – Paper Airplanes in the Himalayas: Following the Unfinished Path Home
  • Sidhwa, Bapsi – An American Brat
  • Slaughter, Carloyn – Dreams of the Kalahari
  • Taber, Sara Mansfield – Of Many Lands: Journal of a Traveling Childhood
  • Van Reken, Ruth E. – Letters Never Sent: One Woman’s Journey from Hurt to Wholeness
Essays, Poetry & Story compilations
  • Alvarez, Julia – Something to Declare / The Other Side
  • Dyer, Roger and Jill – And Bees Make Honey
  • McCluskey, Karen Curnow – Notes From a Traveling Childhood
  • Bender, Margaret – Foreign At Home and Away: Foreign-Born Wives in the U.S. Foreign Service
  • Drew, Eileen – Blue Taxis
  • Eidse, Faith & Sichel, Nina – Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing Up Global
  • Flournoy, Robert – Just a Little Rain (Military Brats)
  • Fuentes, Carlos – Myself With Others: Selected Essays
  • Hickman, Katie – Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives
  • Smith, Carolyn D. – Strangers at Home: Essays on the Effects of Living Overseas and Coming “Home” to a Strange Land
  • Stringer, Starlene – Speak Through Me: The Diary of a Military Brat (Poetry)
Novels (by or about global nomads)
  • Allende, Isabel – Paula
  • Buck, Pearl S. – The Good Earth
  • Caldwell, Bo – The Distant Land of my Father
  • Godshalk, Christina – Kalimantaan: A Novel
  • Hazzard, Shirley – The Great Fire
  • Hersey, John – Hiroshima / The Wall
  • Iyer, Pico – The Global Soul
  • Kingsolver, Barbara–  The Poisonwood Bible
  • Mortenson, Greg & Relin, David Oliver –  Three Cups of Tea
  • Moser, Gene – Skinny Dipping & Other Stories / Into Joy From Sadness & Other Stories
  • Nothomb, Amélie – A Life of Hunger / Fear & Trembling / The Character of Rain …
  • Palmer, Catherine – The Happy Room
  • Thompson, Holly – Ash
  • Tolkein, JRR – Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit
Children & Young Adults (by or about global nomads)
  • Banks, Ann – Goodbye, House
  • Creech, Sharon –  Bloomability
  • Dyer, Jill – Harold & Stanley Say Goodbye
  • Fritz, Jean–  Homesick
  • Munnerlyn, Jen –  The Adventure Begins: First Day at Detinu International School
  • Peters, Elizabeth – Amelia Peabody Mysteries:
    • Tomb of the Golden Bird
    • Crocodile on the Sandbank
    • The Curse of the Pharaohs
    • The Mummy Case
    • The Hippopotamus Pool
    • The Deeds of the Disturber
    • The Golden One
    • The Serpent on the Crown
    • Seeing a Large Cat
    • The Falcon at the Portal
    • The Last Camel Died at Noon
    • The Ape Who Guards the Balance
    • The Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog
    • Amelia Peabody’s Egypt: A Compendium
Instructional & Therapy
  • Altman, Irwin & Low, Setha – Place Attachment
  • Bell, Linda G. – Hidden Immigrants: Legacies of Growing Up Abroad
  • Bowers, Joyce M. (Editor) – Raising Resilient MKs: Resources for Caregivers, Parents, and Teachers
  • Bryson, Debra R. & Hoge, Charise M. – A Portable Identity: A Woman’s
    Guide to Maintaining a Sense of Self While Moving Overseas
  • Daughterty Gordon, Alma – Don’t Pig Out on Junk Food: The MK’s Guide to Survival in the U.S.
  • Davis, Gabriel – The Moving Book *** (My personal recommendation for all children moving!!)
  • Francis, Huw & Michelyne Callan – Live & Work Abroad: A Guide for
    Modern Nomads
  • Hughes, Kathryn – The Accidental Diplomat: Dilemmas of the Trailing Spouse
  • Kohls, Dr. L. Robert – Survival Kit for Overseas Living: For Americans Planning to Live and Work Abroad
  • Larson, Aaron– Dads at a Distance: An Activities Handbook for Strengthening Long Distance Relationships / Moms Over Miles: An Activities Handbook for Strengthening Long Distance Relationships
  • Pollock, David C. & Van Reken, Ruth E.– The Third Culture Kid Experience: Growing Up among Worlds
  • Roman, Beverly D. – Footsteps Around the World: Relocation Tips for Teens / Let’s Move Overseas: The International Edition of Let’s Make A Move!
  • Hess, Melissa Brayer & Linderman, Patricia – The Expert Expatriate: Your Guide to Successful Relocation Abroad
  • Jehle-Caitcheon, Ngaire – Parenting Abroad
  • Kalb, Rosalind & Welch, Penelope – Moving Your Family Overseas
  • Marx, Elizabeth – Breaking Through Culture Shock
  • Pascoe, Robin – Homeward Bound: A Spouse’s Guide to Repatriation / A
    Moveable Marriage: Relocate Your Relationship Without Breaking It
  • Roman, Beverly D.– Home Away From Home: Turning Your International Relocation Into a Lifetime Enhancement / Relocation 101: Making the Most of Your Move
  • Romano, Dugan – Intercultural Marriage: Promises & Pitfalls
  • Shepard, Steven – Managing Cross-Cultural Transition: A Handbook for Corporations, Employees, and Their Families
  • Storti, Craig – Figuring Foreigners Out
  • Useem, Dr. Ruth Hill (Compiled by) – A Third Culture Kid Bibliography
  • Wertsch, Mary Edwards – Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress
  • Walters, Dr. Doris L. – Missionary Children: Caught Between Cultures
  • Westphal, Chris – A Family Year Abroad: How to Live Outside the Borders
BY &/or ABOUT CROSS CULTURAL KIDS
(Not technically global nomads, though with many similar experiences)
  • Agosin, Marjorie – A Cross and a Star
  • Arana, Marie – American Chica
  • Bahrampour, Tara – To See and See Again
  • Behn, Aphra – Oroonoko
  • Coelho, Paul – The Alchemist
  • Cofer, Judith Ortiz – The Line of the Sun
  • Conroy, Pat – The Great Santini
  • Dangarembga, Tsitsi – Nervous Conditions
  • De Duras, Claire – Ourika
  • Dorfman, Ariel – Heading South, Looking North
  • Emecheta, Buchi – Second Class Citizen
  • Martel, Yann  – The Life of Pi
  • Melville, Pauline – Shape-Shifter
  • Rhys, Jean – Wide Sargasso Sea
  • Said, Edward – Out of Place
  • Stavans, Ilan – On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
  • Thompson, Holly – Ash

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