Corporate Handbag Author:Diana Chapman Walsh Here in the United States, Diana Walsh enjoyed her career and financial independence. When her husband relocated to Asia, she decided to settle with him in the far-away Asian country. What happens to an independent woman who suddenly finds herself without a job in a country whose language she doesn’t know? In Corporate Handbag: The Adaptable and... more » Companionable Corporate Mate we are taken into the real-life travails of Diana Walsh as she adjusts to the corporate-wife lifestyle abroad and career changes. Executives lug with them corporate handbags containing much needed documents and gadgets such as phones, PDAs, and laptops, among others. A corporate wife likewise needs to be an asset to her husband, and Walsh tells readers how she made herself one. Corporate Handbag comprehensively deals with the important issues and factors that will affect a couple relocating abroad, particularly in Asia - cultural differences and shock, marital crisis, cultural etiquettes and customs in social occasions and in business. At first, Diana didn’t even know how to get food. But later on she developed new friendships with fellow foreigners and locals. Living in Asia became an exciting and fulfilling experience. Corporate Handbag, is more than a guidebook for corporate couples and especially the wives, is an eye-opening book on a foreign culture and contributes to the understanding of relocation.« less