這本書主要是想分享給兩種讀者，一種是在做遷移研究的人，另一種是本身即為遷移者，也許您可以參考與閱讀本書。作者稱，本書不是完整的回憶錄，而是把在臺灣居住五十年中，聚焦於描繪出在臺灣大學的學術角色，也是把自己人生最寶貴的歲月做個記錄。本書所要呈現的，不是只有關於移民生活成功的一面，其實在此過程也夾雜了挫折與失意，以及適應上的躑躅與徬徨。

Nora Chiang 姜蘭虹

Professor Emerita of Geography
National Taiwan University
國立臺灣大學地理環境資源學系名譽教授
　
Received B.A. (Hons.) in Geography and Geology from the University of Hong Kong, M.A. in Geography from Indiana University (Bloomington), and Ph.D in Geography from the University of Hawaii. Her research has been published in many well-recognized international journals on the subjects of transnational migration, feminist geography, sustainable tourism, and geography of Taiwanese-Chinese diaspora. From 1974-2021, she has published 100 refereed papers, 27 book chapters, and 13 special issues and books, which include: The Challenges of Globalization: Cultures in Transition in the Pacific-Asia Region (with Stephenson and Lidstone, 2006), and Immigrant Adaptation in Multi-Ethnic Societies: Canada, Taiwan, and the United States (with Fong and Denton 2013). Her recent research focuses on Taiwanese migrants to developed countries.
　
畢業於香港大學地理與地質學系，兩次赴美求學，獲碩、博士學位。1972年起在臺灣大學地理學系任教至退休並獲頒名譽教授，曾任教於美國夏威夷大學、香港中文大學及香港大學地理學系。曾擔任多項學術行政工作，包括臺大人口與性別研究中心、臺大理學院副院長及屏東科技大學人文暨社會科學學院院長。