Gael Harrison’s book “The Moon in the Banyan Tree” is a must-read for all people who come to live and work in Vietnam, who learn to love the country’s diversity and strength in spite of early experiences of culture shock and loneliness.

It is Gael’s personal story of her time as a British VSO volunteer, training early childhood teachers in remote ethnic communities in the northern provinces of Vietnam, based in Tien Yen.