Okay, kiddies, your freebie this week is Tove Vine's Kindle edition of her book TIC This is China: Living My Dream and Learning a New Culture. And she has more coming! It's free Saturday, February 1 through Wednesday, February 5, 2014 and can be downloaded onto a Kindle or onto the Amazon Cloud Reader, which is how I get all my tons of excellent, quality freebies. The point of the freebie is for the author to get some good reviews, so if you download and love Tove, please let her know! She is a doll with several philanthropy projects going. Below please find the book summary and author's bio, and happy reading!
Book summary
In this book Tove Vine tells the story of how for years she felt she was living ‘the wrong life’ and at the age of 57 was brave enough to make a huge change in her life. She sold off all her belongings, put on a backpack and went to China to teach English. Tove tells a fascinating story of how China set her on the path to becoming the person she always wanted to be. This is the tale of her incredible journey of discoveries and how a middle-aged woman can dramatically change her life. She became an adventurous, fulfilled woman making a difference in the lives of thousands of Chinese children, enriching their lives to prepare them for their future. Tove, being of Viking descent, became known to her friends in China as ‘Tove the Brave’, as she travelled mostly alone in a country where she didn’t speak the language. The book is about being brave enough to make a huge life change in middle age. It is also about how to leave behind everything that is familiar and to set out on a journey of discovery that will bring enormous rewards along the way. She was able to touch the lives of the people she encountered in a positive way. Tove provides a wonderful example of how any woman can dramatically change her life and follow her dream.
About the Author
Tove Vine was born in Denmark into a poor family - number 11 of 13 children. During her childhood there was a great deal of hardship, as it was often difficult for her parents to provide the necessities for the family. Due to the financial hardship Tove had to leave school before her 15th birthday and make her own way in the world. She worked as a maid and factory worker before obtaining a three-year apprenticeship in a large company and studied for a business college diploma part time. At age 19 she ventured to London, where she worked as an au pair for a wealthy Jewish family and met her future Australian husband while in their employment. Three years later she immigrated to Australia, where she married and had one daughter. The years in Australia were spent in Newcastle, Townsville and Brisbane working as beauty consultant, business owner and later as an accountant. Due to her lack of education Tove never stopped studying in her spare time as a mature-aged student. In 2003 Tove (now divorced) decided to change her life completely, selling all her possessions and moving to China to become an English teacher. She wanted to fulfill a childhood dream of becoming a teacher and also to live in China. After one year working for an English training centre, Tove established her own school called “Miss Tove’s English School.” Because Tove knows the heartbreak of not being able to obtain a high school education, she is passionate about helping to educate poor children. During her holidays she travels to teach English as a volunteer in orphanages in Asian countries, as well as supporting 13 poor children’s education in Kathmandu, Nepal. While in Kathmandu teaching as a volunteer she established “Miss Tove’s Hygiene Program,” a program that provides soap and teaches poor children to wash their hands before they eat to prevent sickness. She also supports poor children in Nepal and a mountain village in Guizhou (China) with secondhand clothes, toys and books which she collects from contributions made by her Chinese students. Tove’s motto is “If I can help I must” – so everywhere she travels and she sees help is needed she helps.
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