'Not For All The Tea In China' Book Review

COMMUNITY NEWS ‘NOT FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA’ BOOK REVIEW

By Peter Cooper

Being a Barnsley lad, and having a brother that left our shores to live in China over 20 years ago now, this book caught my eye when an email dropped into my Inbox a few weeks ago announcing its publication.

The author is Chris Burrows, and he declares that he has three great loves in his life: Barnsley FC, Yorkshire County Cricket Club and his wonderful wife. His wife is his rock; Yorkshire CCC his summertime passion and the Super Reds - well they break his heart year after year but he wouldn’t swap them for any other team! As a lad, Chris’s father advised him that the only way to make money was to work for yourself. Well, it took Chris quite a while to follow his Dad’s advice ... 50 years in fact! ’Not For All the Tea in China’ is the story of those 16 years of self-employment, which saw Chris travel across the UK, then to Ireland, Latvia, Slovakia, Germany, Spain, France (where he settled down for a while), Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Russia, Italy, America and, of course, to China. In‘ Not for All the Tea in China’, Chris reminisces about his travels around the world and of the world of business, packing many amusing anecdotes on social traditions, customs and taboos in this 365-page book. Humorous anecdotal stories of his adventures where he saw and experienced so many things he never thought possible are shared, adventures where he met, as he puts it,’some weird and wonderful people in some wonderful and weird places’. ‘Not For All the Tea in China’ is a great read, particularly if you are a Yorkshireman, or simply love travelling and experiencing other cultures. It is written with a typical Yorkshireman sense of humour, a memoir that is honest, true and authentic. Published by Grosvenor House Publishing, Chris’s book is available as a paperback from all good bookshops and online too, priced just £10.99. An eBook version is available too.

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