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Diplomatic Baggage

The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse

By Brigid Keenan

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| Paperback | 9780719567261

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Brigid Keenan was a glamorous and successful young London fashion journalist. But falling in love with a diplomat saw her leave behind the gilt chairs of the Paris salons for a large chicken shed in the forests of Nepal. Thirty years later (at the farewell party for the Papal Nuncio in Kazakhstan), Continue

Brigid Keenan was a glamorous and successful young London fashion journalist. But falling in love with a diplomat saw her leave behind the gilt chairs of the Paris salons for a large chicken shed in the forests of Nepal. Thirty years later (at the farewell party for the Papal Nuncio in Kazakhstan), Brigid found herself wondering whether her decision had been the right one. This is her marvelous account of life as a "trailing spouse"—an endlessly engaging tale of diplomatic protocol, difficult teenagers, homesickness, frustrated career aspirations, witch doctors, and giant jumping spiders.

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  • Intrepid sisters of the Service

    Diplomatic memoirs were once a staple of serious publishers; nowadays they are privately printed, if published at all. But the appetite for memoirs of the ‘trailing spouse’, the plucky ‘diplomatic baggage’, seems insatiable. A phalanx of distinguishe ... (read full critics)

    spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  • Diplomatic Baggage

    Good read for the ones who lead an expat life. We sure share the joys and sorrows of Ms Keenan.
    The book is an unpretentious account of her daily experiences, but quite gripping nevertheless.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 304 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0719567262
  • ISBN-13: 9780719567261
  • Publisher: John Murray
  • Pub date: Mar 01, 2007
  • Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover and eBook
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