Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse
by Brigid Keenan
John Murray $225
Romantic destinations, luxurious homes, martinis on tap and endless entertaining with high society: these may be the cliches of the life of a diplomat's wife, but it doesn't ring true for Brigid Keenan, the spouse of the European Commission's ambassador to Central Asia.
Diplomatic Baggage brings to life the misadventures, of a woman who chose to follow her man across the globe while raising two children.
She and husband 'AW' found themselves in postings stretching across four continents and 30 years.
A chicken shed in Kathmandu was their first port of call. Today, they're on the steppe in Kazakhstan. Stops in Ethiopia, Belgium, Trinidad, Barbados, India, the Gambia and Syria came in between.