''Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing up Global'' is a book of memoirs of several people who grew up in multiple countries, or moving frequently between distant regions within the same country, also known as

third culture kid Third culture kids (TCK) or third culture individuals (TCI) are people who were raised in a culture other than their parents' or the culture of their country of nationality, and also live in a different environment during a significant part of thei ...

s. It is edited by Faith Eidse and Nina Sichel. It documents the life, including the unique challenges, feelings of difference/outsiderism, and gifts, of growing up in multiple nations, cultures, and language-regions. It was first published in 2004.

Primary authors

* Faith Eidse (born February 19, 1955) is a writer and author. She received the Kingsbury Award and was nominated for the

Bellwether Prize The PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, formerly known as the Bellwether Prize for Fiction is a biennial award given by the PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) and Barbara Kingsolver to a U.S. citizen for a previously unpublis ...

. She grew up in Congo/

Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

, Canada, and the United States. * Nina Sichel, born in the U.S. and raised in

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, is a writer, former editor and ESL teacher.

Notable contributors

Isabel Allende Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as '' The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los esp� ...

is a Chilean writer who grew up as a Chilean Foreign Service brat. * Clark Blaise is a Canadian-American author and former director of the

International Writing Program The International Writing Program (IWP) is a writing residency for international artists in Iowa City, Iowa. Since 2014, the program offers online courses to many writers and poets around the world. Since its inception in 1967, the IWP has hosted ...

. * Pat Conroy is a

military brat A military brat (colloquial or military slang) is a child of serving or retired military personnel. Military brats are associated with a unique subcultureDavid C. Pollock, Ruth E. van Reken. ''Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds'', Revise ...

and author. His works include ''

The Great Santini ''The Great Santini'' is a 1979 American drama film written and directed by Lewis John Carlino. It is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. The film stars Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, and Michael O'Keefe. Synopsis A U.S ...

''. *

Ariel Dorfman Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin America ...

is an author and professor at

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist Jame ...

. * Ruth Hill Useem is a writer and researcher and is credited with coining the term "

References

2004 non-fiction books Cultural studies literature Identity (social science) Itinerant living Memoirs Military sociology Works about children {{memoir-stub