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 hilarious account of her life as a 'trailing spouse' - an utterly engaging tale of diplomatic protocol, difficult teenagers, homesickness,frustrated career aspirations, witch doctors and giant jumping spiders.

Introduction

Homesick on the Steppe

2 Love in a Chicken Shed

3 Always Tie the Knot Before Six O'clock

4 Drama and Trauma in Ethiopia

5 Home Alone

6 Babies and Brussels

7 Jumbles and Flying Freemasons

8 Worth It for the Twiglets

9 The Trouble with Hari

10 Always Have Something to Do on Mondays

11 My Road to Damascus

12 The Fearful Road to Samarkand

Epilogue