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2020. Softcover, 327 pages. Very good condition.
A colleague at the Embassy in Delhi called Laurette an anti-clockwise fish because she was always acting contrary to the general expectations of a diplomatic spouse. An Indian judge said he has remained friends with Laurette and her husband Barry because they were not typical diplomats. This book gives us an insight into the interesting, sometimes funny and sometimes strange experiences the writer had during their last three diplomatic postings in India, Kazakhstan and Iran. The writer does not necessarily focus on diplomatic experiences, though it was due to her husbands career as a diplomat in the South African Foreign Service that she was propelled into these fascinating countries. In India, amongst others she writes about her regular visits to Delhis infamous Tihar Jail. After India comes Kazakhstan, one of the former Soviet Union republics, and another journey into the unknown. From struggling to learn Russian and experiencing freezing temperatures to a gift of a brown bear skin, she gives us a glimpse into their life in that part of the world. The last country Laurette introduces us to takes a circular route. She lived in and experienced Iran during the reign of the Shah in 1976, met her future husband during that time when he was posted in Vienna and thirty two years later their last posting was in Iran. The writers love for and the compassion she has for Iran and its people its ordinary citizens - shine through the stories she tells.
