{"product_id":"a-foreign-affair-a-passionate-life-in-four-languages-by-valerie-barnes","title":"A FOREIGN AFFAIR: A Passionate Life in Four Languages by Valerie Barnes","description":"\u003cp\u003eA FOREIGN AFFAIR: A Passionate Life in Four Languages\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eby Valerie Barnes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 1863253750\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Bantam Books 2004\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 288\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2001\/U401\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nBiography of Valerie Barnes. Valerie's gift for storytelling makes this a lively, funny, utterly delightful memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTrapped 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eValerie 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. \u003cbr\u003e\nAt the same time she was juggling a Swiss chalet home, three children and an unfaithful husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nExcellent. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450337345828,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/1258486257.jpg?v=1786334723","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/a-foreign-affair-a-passionate-life-in-four-languages-by-valerie-barnes","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}