--- product_id: 46488629 title: "Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse" price: "¥595" currency: JPY in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/46488629-diplomatic-baggage-the-adventures-of-a-trailing-spouse store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse **Price:** ¥595 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse - **How much does it cost?** ¥595 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/46488629-diplomatic-baggage-the-adventures-of-a-trailing-spouse) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Brigid Keenan was a glamorous and successful young London fashion journalist. But falling in love with a diplomat saw her leave behind the gilt chairs of the Paris salons for a large chicken shed in the forests of Nepal. 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 marvelous account of life as a "trailing spouse"—an endlessly engaging tale of diplomatic protocol, difficult teenagers, homesickness, frustrated career aspirations, witch doctors, and giant jumping spiders. Review: Diplomatic Baggage - What a delightful, witty, and engaging book! I took it on a girls trip to Florida and giggled every night after lights went out reading in my bunk. Next morning everyone on board wanted to read it. Tidbits of living in countries so different and under conditions ranging from basically camping out to luxury accommodation. Add the opportunities for new foods, new languages, new customs and new housing staff and you have a mix not to be missed. And just imagine (you can't) raising children/teens under those circumstances. A mind relaxing, belly chuckling book - but with enough of the realities of life and sobering moments to remind you this was a real life and certainly not a cushy one. Review: Held my attention - in a curiously high brow way - This book is entertaining, informative and holds your attention in a very 'friendly' sort of way. We all have encountered those 'interesting people' who aren't quite daft, but in spite of a good education, do exhibit the occasional spell of battiness. This is the character of this book. You are intrigued by her path into the mysterious 'foreign service', and titillated by macabre, hilarious and decidedly 'wierd' tales from places in the world most of us will never visit. However, she does pair those stories with insights into a person who is both helpful to others, and a dingbat. There are some very 'human' moments in marriage and parenting that some of us would rather not be reminded of...but these stories do ground the book and let you know that the author is both an average person, as well as an adventurous (and batty) one. She could be one of us. A good read for a break between your thriller novels and steamy ones. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #4,215,211 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #20,398 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies #39,806 in Memoirs (Books) #62,401 in Travel (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars 403 Reviews | ## Images ![Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/812kvPnvgLL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Diplomatic Baggage *by S***E on February 7, 2010* What a delightful, witty, and engaging book! I took it on a girls trip to Florida and giggled every night after lights went out reading in my bunk. Next morning everyone on board wanted to read it. Tidbits of living in countries so different and under conditions ranging from basically camping out to luxury accommodation. Add the opportunities for new foods, new languages, new customs and new housing staff and you have a mix not to be missed. And just imagine (you can't) raising children/teens under those circumstances. A mind relaxing, belly chuckling book - but with enough of the realities of life and sobering moments to remind you this was a real life and certainly not a cushy one. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Held my attention - in a curiously high brow way *by C***7 on February 13, 2010* This book is entertaining, informative and holds your attention in a very 'friendly' sort of way. We all have encountered those 'interesting people' who aren't quite daft, but in spite of a good education, do exhibit the occasional spell of battiness. This is the character of this book. You are intrigued by her path into the mysterious 'foreign service', and titillated by macabre, hilarious and decidedly 'wierd' tales from places in the world most of us will never visit. However, she does pair those stories with insights into a person who is both helpful to others, and a dingbat. There are some very 'human' moments in marriage and parenting that some of us would rather not be reminded of...but these stories do ground the book and let you know that the author is both an average person, as well as an adventurous (and batty) one. She could be one of us. A good read for a break between your thriller novels and steamy ones. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Overly self-deprecating for me *by K***. on January 5, 2015* This book was a disappointment to me. There were 2 main aspects I disliked: first, the book is really just a series of anecdotes from living abroad, but without a clear storyline or direction. Towards the end of the book I felt like I was reading long lists of one-sentence anecdotes. Second, the author is so self-deprecating in her narration that I couldn't identify or empathize with her, and given that she's the only character you get to know, it's hard to keep reading when you don't identify with the only character in the book. I'm sure she's actually a much better person that she portrays, and that the self-deprecation is meant to be funny, but I felt like it was really exaggerated and just put me off. There were some anecdotes which were so detrimental to her image as a person that I couldn't understand why they weren't edited out of the book. Not to mention some really distasteful anecdotes. I have to be honest and admit that I did laught out loud a few times throughout the book. However, in general I felt that this book was written to be read by the author's friends, contacts, or people who lived in the same countries as she did. Those people would probably find it more entertaining because they could relate to it more. It's not a book to be read by just anyone who's lived abroad - unless you love self-deprecating humor. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/46488629-diplomatic-baggage-the-adventures-of-a-trailing-spouse](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/46488629-diplomatic-baggage-the-adventures-of-a-trailing-spouse) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-09-01*