{"product_id":"9781526654915","title":"Diplomatic Baggage: Adventures of a Trailing Spouse","description":"Author: Keenan, Brigid\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526654915\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Nov 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe beloved \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller - a touching, hilarious, often outrageous memoir of home-making and family adventures in the world's furthest outposts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hilarious, and utterly beguiling - it's a complete treat to be in Keenan's witty and open-hearted company' Esther Freud\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Deliciously effervescent' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Brigid writes like a dream ... fabulous' Joanna Lumley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Irresistible' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003efashion journalist Brigid Keenan married the love of her life in the late Sixties, she had little idea of the rollercoaster journey they would make around the world together. \u003cbr\u003eFor he was a diplomat - and Brigid found herself the smiling face of the European Union in locales ranging from Kazakhstan to Trinidad, and asking herself questions she never thought she'd have to ask. How do you throw a buffet dinner during a public mourning period in Syria? Where do you track down dog fat in Almaty? And how do you entertain guests in a Nepalese chicken shed? \u003cbr\u003eNegotiating diplomatic protocol, difficult teenagers, homesickness, frustrated career aspirations, witch doctors, and giant jumping spiders, Brigid muddles determinedly through - with no shortage of mishaps on the way. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There are not many books that have actually made me cry from laughing, but this is one of them' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46631858962590,"sku":"UBD-9781526654915","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526654915.jpg?v=1774310444","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526654915","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}