My latest book, Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years, will be available within the next couple of weeks. There’s lots of excitement and anticipation. In preparation, I have been building a launch team. They’ve received advance copies of my book in preparation for launch day. Yesterday one of my team called me. She is about … More Why Did We Move From Canada to Pakistan?
In my new book, Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years (experiencing some delays; coming soon I promise) I talk about how our family left Canada for Pakistan during the first Gulf War. When we arrived in Islamabad tensions were running high. Many expats had been evacuated and those that stayed were told to ‘shelter in … More School Days Re-imagined
Here is an excerpt from my soon-to-be published book, Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years, that describes some of our early frustrations and culture shock. As for the telephone, it had a story all its own. We had the remarkable privilege of having an international telephone line in our home, but it came with an … More Park Road, Islamabad–the Telephone
Included in my upcoming book, Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years, are some compelling true stories told by my expat friends. Unfortunately, a few of those stories didn’t make it into the book. The following is a memory recalled and written by my husband, Wayne Bazant. After Christmas circa 1994, while reading our daily English … More The Ministry of Time
Here’s a little something I wrote that didn’t make it into my new book, Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years, reflecting on what the years in Pakistan meant to me as a wife and mother and to our family as a whole. Our family moved to Pakistan in early 1991. This was not a scenario … More A New Chapter
Very soon my new book ‘Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years’ will be available at Booklocker.com and at online retailers. While you are waiting in anticipation, I would like to relate (in a series of blogs) some special experiences that didn’t make it into the book. The featured image for this blog post is the … More Call to Prayer
Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years is the latest installment of Sharon Bazant’s riveting travel memoirs. Following on the heels of her 2019, Nine Years in Bangkok: Lessons Learned, this new title Geckos & Guns tells of the time before Bangkok. It is a prequel that follows the first impulses of the Bazant family to … More Coming Soon
Having all events, appointments and social gatherings cancelled for the last month or so has meant that I’ve had more time to spend writing my next book. I’ve gone further back in time to the years we spent in Pakistan, before Nine Years in Bangkok: Lessons Learned. At the same time, I’ve been watching the … More Pakistan: The Prequel
I am currently conducting research for my next book about our years in Pakistan. I came across this little piece I wrote for fun a few years ago and I want to share it with you. Adventures in Pakistan The heat, the dust, and the crows… These were some of the negatives I heard about … More A Little Taste
