Im not finished yet but really enjoying it. Brave girl indeed. Well written, great read. Can't put it down.

Cleverly written at a pace that draws you in slowly and completely. Single White Female in Hanoi is the most strangely familiar book I've read in a long, long time! It brought back that unmistakable feeling of being a stranger, alone, in the third world. It managed to open up horizons of thought, especially on foreign culture, that one may have never considered. Carolyn Shine is a great story-teller, combining self-deprecating honesty, curiosity, uncertainty and humor into beautifully understated prose. It is more than an encounter with Hanoi, it is an encounter with the human condition. A must-read!