"[This is] a rare 'finding yourself' travel story done right, gently relating the grit and discomfort of a truly expanding consciousness." -- Foreword Reviews "[ Have Fun in Burma ] is an affecting coming-of-age tale, and is perhaps most valuable for its look at Myanmar's complicated political situation." -- Publishers Weekly " Have Fun in Burma is filled with startling images and surprising bits of wisdom. Metro has created both a compelling story and a keen-eyed examination of a young American woman's place in a globalized--yet also highly particularized--world." --Keija Parssinen, author of The Unraveling of Mercy Louis "It will be a disturbing read--but necessarily so--for those who are still taken with Myanmar's 'democratic transformation.' This book will change the context, the rationale, and the approach to volunteerism." --KhinZaw Win, director of the Tampadipa Institute, former prisoner of conscience "Rosalie Metro has written an evocative novel of modern Myanmar that deserves to be recognized as one of the pieces of literature that will help to both explain and define the country's current transition. She writes with authority about the country's politics and about Buddhist practice, drawn from her own experience but also from her keen and sensitive observations.

" --Matthew J. Walton, University of Oxford "The central characters are deeply drawn and heartbreakingly illustrative of the suffering endured by many people during military rule."--David Scott Mathieson, Frontier Myanmar "H ave Fun in Burma is about American privilege -- its blinders and who wears them, its costs and who pays. The book avoids becoming merely a vehicle for a lesson on the Muslim/Buddhist conflict or Burma. As Adela suffers, we see that even suffering in certain ways is a privilege. It makes one wonder: How am I suffering? How bad is it, really? How lucky am I?" -- Peter Biello, Necessary Fiction.