The Sunday Times' favorite bestseller – a touching, humorous, often exaggerated memoir about family life and adventures in remote parts of the world.
It is a sheer delight to be in the smart and open company of Keenan.
When Sunday Times fashion journalist Brigid Keenan married the love of her life in the late '60s, she had no idea of the rollercoaster journey they would take together around the world. Initially, he was a diplomat – and Brigid found herself representing the European Union in locations ranging from Kazakhstan to Trinidad, and pondering questions she never imagined she'd have to ask.
How do you organize a buffet during a period of public mourning in Syria? Where can you find dog fat in Almaty? And how do you entertain guests in a chicken coop in Nepal? Negotiating diplomatic protocol, difficult teenagers, homesickness, thwarted professional ambitions, shamans, and giant spiders, Brigid manages decisively – with many setbacks along the way.
'There aren't many books that have made me cry with laughter, but this is one of them.'
