Simon Gjeroe became a father in China and suddenly had to deal with serious questions: Can you live with your wife if she has not showered for a month? Can you take your wife seriously if she starts wearing X-ray aprons? Do you really have to eat the placenta? In this extraordinary memoir, Simon answers all those questions and many more, highlighting the weird and wonderful world of cross-cultural marriage and parenthood in the Middle Kingdom. Made in China is a humorous narrative that reveals Simon's love for a country wonderfully full of contradictions and absurdities. He went to China as a language student, married the teacher and made both a family and a new life for himself.

Praise for Made in China – A Memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom

"Part manual, part memoir, this richly detailed tale of fatherhood captures the wonderful, fascinating otherness of raising a baby in a culture outside of one's own. Simon's fun, funny and fascinating book is a reminder that however different (and often downright bizarre) the beliefs and traditions of others might seem when it comes to raising kids, ultimately it all comes from a place of love. A must-read for any parent-to-be, no matter where they are in the world." - Tom O'Malley, author of Beijing Lonely Planet 12th Edition

"A delight to read. In amongst all the tomes seeking to deep dive China, Simon Gjero's is a refreshingly honest account of one of the most singular experiences in any culture - making, birthing and raising babies. This very personal account is also a very important window onto modern Chinese manners and customs." - Paul French, author of Midnight in Peking

"A fun and fascinating look at the intricacies of Chinese traditions surrounding pregnancy and birth, from nutrition to numerology. Simon Gjeroe offers a friendly helping hand to other foreigners attempting, like him, to navigate a path through a landscape of often perplexing cultural differences." - Fuchsia Dunlop, author of 'Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China