It is a guide on how to behave in countries with diverse beliefs, religions, festivals,weddings, rituals, and ways of life. The book is gripping in the details with amusing andentertaining stories. It reminds you not to wear open-toed shoes to meetings in certaincountries, nor shorts and flip-flops to restaurants in others. It tells you when to shakehands and when not to extend your hand. Claudette Jacks-Nancoo grew up in a villagewhere all the residents had the right to correct other people's children. She attended highschools whose curricula included weekly deportment classes. At university, shestudied anthropology and religion. She traveled with her husband and lived abroad in several different places and is quite eminently qualified to write onthe subject of how to eat, greet, and socialize with others.
