Clueless Gringos in Paradise: Adventures with My Husband, his PTSD, and Two Enormous Service Dogs

In a snap decision fueled by boredom, author Pamela Foster and her Vietnam Veteran husband, Jack, sell everything they own and set off for their new home--Bocas del Toro, Panama, a "tropical paradise." Adventure and change are what they're seeking, and it's just what they find when they pick up the leashes of their two 150-pound service dogs and emigrate to a foreign country. Jack is a chronically impulsive former Marine with raging PTSD, and the service dogs, Chesty and Rocca, are mastiffs who are never farther away than the end of a leash.

Clueless Gringos in Paradise is as much about escape and adventure as it is companionship, and finding a balance between a wife who is prone to bursts of anxiety, a husband who thinks everything is "just fine," and two giant dogs that are not cut out for long-distance travel proves to be as challenging as making an impromptu move to another country.

This story takes readers through a hilarious and harrowing journey on airplanes, boats, and buses, in taxis, high-rise hotels, restaurants, and cat-infested fish markets. Add a liberal dose of high anxiety--how could it not be hilarious?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Meath Press
Published: 01/28/2020
ISBN: 9781633735033
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d