Falling for London
A Cautionary Tale
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Publisher Description
When Sean Mallen finally landed his dream job, it fell on him like a ton of bricks. Not unlike the plaster in his crappy, overpriced London flat.
The veteran journalist was ecstatic when he unexpectedly got the chance he’d
always craved: to be a London-based foreign correspondent. It meant living in a
great city and covering great events, starting with the Royal Wedding of William
and Kate. Except: his tearful wife and six-year-old daughter hated the idea of
uprooting their lives and moving to another country.
Falling for London is the hilarious and touching story of how he convinced
them to go, how they learned to live in and love that wondrous but challenging
city, and how his dream came true in ways he could have never expected.
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In this humorous if overlong memoir, Mallen reflects on his time in London as a foreign correspondent for the Canadian Global News network. Mallen got the position in 2011, and though it was his dream assignment, Mallen realized he'd have to uproot his reluctant wife, Isabella, and their first grader daughter, Julia, from their comfortable lives in Toronto. As he struggled to balance professional challenges (he would travel throughout Europe and the Mideast covering, among other things, the Egyptian revolution in Tahrir Square) with the demands of his wife and daughter, Mallen recognized his own shortcomings and the sacrifices his family made on his behalf: Isabella, the "trailing spouse," reminded him of the career she left behind in Canada, and Julia, who will need to adjust to a new school and make new friends. The family encountered bumps over the course of their nine-month stay as they dealt with disdainful British landlords and an apartment with a roof that caved in. Mallen shares the highlights as well, such as taking his family to London's best museums and on weekend jaunts throughout Europe. Mallen entertains in this glimpse into the life of a foreign correspondent and his Canadian family's experience living abroad.
