{"product_id":"9780984583249","title":"Peregrina","description":"This is the story of a woman entering a consular career on her own after the death of her Foreign Service officer husband. She describes the consular world with humor, empathy, and anecdotes.\u003cbr\u003eShe served for twenty years as a consular officer in four posts, first looking after American hippies in India and after that a huge American business community in Hong Kong. She was principal officer in the Yucatán area of Mexico, then consul general in Bucharest, Romania, before and after a revolution that resulted in the demise of dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu.\u003cp\u003e\"This fine memoir, told with much humor, details the many high points of Young's time abroad and traces her growth from a diplomat's wife to one of the best representatives of the U.S. government.\"\u003cbr\u003e-JOHN NEEDHAM, former UPI correspondent and L.A. Times reporter and editorial writer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wonderfully readable and sharp as a stiletto, Peregrina tells the memorable story of a State Department wife who, after the untimely death of her husband, reinvents herself as an American consul general.\"\u003cbr\u003e-JOHN POWERS, Movie Critic, Vogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ginny Young emerges as a warm, self-deprecating, thoroughly committed Foreign Service officer whose approach to the world around her is tinged with a keen appreciation of the ridiculous. Her writing style is lively and engaging, strong in the many instances in which her values and opinions emerge.\"\u003cbr\u003e-BRANDON GROVE, U.S. Ambassador (ret.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As unique as its author, this story takes us on a journey that includes the Hill, Africa, Western Europe, India, Hong Kong, Mexico, and Romania during the collapse of the Ceauşescu dictatorship, with cameo stops in Haiti and Afghanistan... A must read for anyone who may doubt the importance and variety of consular work, the \"human face\" of the Foreign Service.\"\u003cbr\u003e-NICHOLAS VELIOTES, U.S. Ambassador (ret.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone would be lucky to lead a life as full and meaningful as Ginny Carson Young's. Even more, we would be lucky if we could capture it so elegantly and with such wit in prose.\"\u003cbr\u003e-BOB PACKWOOD, former U.S. Senator\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Academia Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024066101488,"sku":"9780984583249","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780984583249_p0.jpg?v=1763887264","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984583249","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}