"Speak The Unspoken is interesting, surprising, and well-written. As a journalist, therapist, and student of peace and conflict transformation, Gabriela Sirbu's personal account of establishing a life in Norway will give you a good laugh and expose issues that are easily and awkwardly recognizable for anyone who has been a stranger trying to make their way - somewhere else. The book gives a scarce view of Norway from a well-educated Romanian and fluent speaker who has been living and working with Norwegians for twenty-plus years. She offers a broad range of observations and well-informed explanations on everyday experiences, as well as more obscure characteristics of living in this beautiful country. Follow her or not, she doesn't beat around the bush, providing advice and clear views on living in Norway as a foreigner, which spurs some good reflections and takes the reading experience beyond the mere pleasure of having my Norwegian passport labeled" Marit Aure (Migration Scholar and Professor, UIT The Arctic University of Norway) Life is easier, though maybe less entertaining, when you know some of the rules upon arrival.
