I don’t usually like memoir type books, but I really enjoyed this one. I was not aware of Chris Broad’s YouTube channel before reading this, but I was drawn to it because my son Danny lives in Japan, and my hubby and I visited him last year.
The book describes how Chris Broad moves to Japan almost on a whim to take part in a program for native English speakers to work as language assistants in Japanese high schools.
It’s an interesting and honest retelling of his first experiences living and working in Japan – the culture shock and the struggles learning the language and I liked that a lot of his experiences were the same as my son’s and that he visited some of the places that we visited on our recent trip. I might even start watching some of his videos now!
Sarah Wray Writer 