THE TITLE "CULTURE SHOCK" RELATES TO THE VARIOUS EXPERIENCES THAT THE MAIN CHARACTER, KERRING BARROWDIEN HAD TO ENDURED THROUGHOUT HER LIFE SOME RATHER SHOCKING HER LIFE WHICH HAD BEGAN WITH EXTREME POVERTY TO A LIFE OF WEALTH; AND THEN BACK TO EXTREME POVERTY AGAIN HAD BEEN SHOCKING TO HER AND ALSO, WHAT SHE HAD BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT THE WORLD SHE HAD COME TO REALIZE THAT IT WASN'T SO AT ALL... LIFE WAS MORE UNPREDICTABLE THAN PREDICTABLE. AND EVEN FINDING HER WAY IN LIFE HAD BECOME A SHOCKER TO HER.