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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561047822628 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR203 (10) |
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Biographies |
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Description
A FOREIGN AFFAIR: A Passionate Life in Four Languages
by Valerie Barnes
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 1863253750
Format: small paperback
Published: Bantam Books 2004
Pages: 288
SKU: A5/2001/U401
ABOUT
Biography of Valerie Barnes. Valerie's gift for storytelling makes this a lively, funny, utterly delightful memoir.
Trapped in the austerity of post-war London, 20-year-old Valerie Barnes yearned for the good times. Then two chance meetings catapulted her into a high-flying career at the newly formed United Nations in Geneva.
Valerie became one of the first simultaneous interpreters, working in exotic locales and rubbing shoulders with prime ministers and presidents. In those days, the United Nations was new and its staff were convinced that if they got everything right there would be no more war.
At the same time she was juggling a Swiss chalet home, three children and an unfaithful husband.
CONDITION
Excellent. Images depict all need to know detail.
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