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Book Synopsis_____________________The fabulous follow-up memoir to the word-of-mouth sensation Diplomatic Baggage_____________________''Hilarious and hair-raising by turns'' - Daily Mail''Refreshingly candid. Wherever in the world she is writing from, her warmth and her sharp observations won't fail to delight'' - Orlando Bird,
Financial Times''Such a pleasure to read'' - Sainsbury's Magazine_____________________Brigid Keenan was a successful young London fashion journalist when she fell in love with a diplomat and left behind the gilt chairs of the Paris salons for a large chicken shed in Nepal. Her bestselling account of life as a trailing spouse',
Diplomatic Baggage, won the hearts of thousands in countries all over the world. Now, in her further adventures, we find Brigid in Kazakhstan, where AW, her husband, contracts Lyme disease from a tick, the local delicacy is horse meat sausage a
Trade ReviewSo funny and frank and moving *
Deborah Moggach *
Hilarious and hair-raising by turns *
Daily Mail *
Such a pleasure to read *
Sainsbury’s Magazine *
With flashes of Nancy Mitford wit about embassy life, as a Facebook neophyte and surviving cancer, Brigid Keenan is as skittish as a kitten with needle claws, as stricken as a deer in headlights, and as smart as a cage of monkeys. Brava! *
The Times *
Brigid Keenan is the reincarnation of Norman Wisdom, Inspector Clouseau and Frank Spencer rolled into one. Everything she touches turns into farce ... Here’s an idea, which, in exchange for an Executive Producer’s credit, I shall divulge – that, without delay, lovably eccentric Brigid gets to be portrayed by Emma Thompson in a classic TV sitcom -- Roger Lewis *
Daily Mail *
[A]vibrant sequel to
Diplomatic Baggage ... something interesting on every page -- Philippa Williams *
The Lady *
Keenan has an eye for farce, documenting missed flights, lost luggage and misunderstandings ... She is refreshingly candid. Wherever in the world she is writing from, her warmth and her sharp observations won’t fail to delight -- Orlando Bird *
Financial Times *
