Michelle spent 18 years as a trailing spouse in three countries before moving back to India — where her adjustment adventures have continued after all, as chronicled in her new book, “Becoming Goan: A Contemporary Coming Home Story,” one of our summer reading recommendations (now available on Amazon, worldwide). This is the concluding chapter of her story — for now!
After 18 years of living as an expat in Dubai, Bangkok, and London, and looking in from the outside at the host country and culture, I now find myself in a strange, unique, position of living permanently in Goa, India.
I am Goan by origin. I inherited, restored, and extended my ancestral home. However, I didn’t live in the village of Siolim full time until the COVID-19 pandemic prompted my family’s move sooner than expected.