The Long Climb Home: Building Our Life in the City of Gold

Author:   Dr Aparna Arora
Publisher:   Notion Press
ISBN:  

9798900079776


Pages:   120
Publication Date:   27 September 2025
Format:   Paperback
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The Long Climb Home: Building Our Life in the City of Gold


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Everyone has a version of Dubai they've heard. The one with glittering towers, fast jobs, weekend brunches, and relatives who land with perfumes and leave with gold. What this book offers is what came after the arrival. When two people moved from India with a few suitcases and a modest reserve, they didn't find ease. They found a beginning. No shock value, no drama, just the slow, unglamorous process of learning how to live in a city where nothing was familiar and everything cost more than expected. This book will be a companion for the early months that no one prepares you for. It brings together everyday questions: how do you stretch 4000 dirhams, what happens when you don't recognise a single brand at the grocery store, with the quieter emotional weight of starting over. What do you say when friends ask if you've settled in, and you haven't? How do you carry ambition when your first job looks nothing like your last? This book offers answers through experience, not advice. It doesn't wrap hardship in inspiration. It shows what survival looks like when the photos stop and the planning app closes. It's proof that things do change even if they start with uncertainty, rented cutlery, and a single shelf in a shared fridge. If you're thinking of moving, or already here and feeling unsure, this story will meet you where you are and walk with you from there.

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Author:   Dr Aparna Arora
Publisher:   Notion Press
Imprint:   Notion Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.150kg
ISBN:  

9798900079776


Pages:   120
Publication Date:   27 September 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

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