Brigid Keenan’s life as a diplomat’s wife from the late 60s onwards is recounted in hilarious and irresistible detail in this beloved memoir. Brigid’s marriage to the love of her life transformed her into the smiling face of the European Union in locales ranging from Kazakhstan to Trinidad, and she found herself asking extraordinary questions such as: How do you throw a buffet dinner during a public mourning period in Syria? How do you entertain guests in a Nepalese chicken shed?
Issue 66, December 2023
Turkey’s Centenary Issue
