Laura Hostetler

Doors Cracked Open

History & Biography

“To read this highly ethnographic memoir of teaching English in the closed city of Luzhou in the 1980s is to have a window on the tensions and contradictions inherent in being a ‘foreign expert’ in a place both eager to engage the world and wary of doing so. Martens Friesen and Zehr approach their subject matter with humility and humor, thoughtfulness, and respect.”