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.
She 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 Yucatan area of Mexico, then consul general in Bucharest,
Romania, before and after a revolution that resulted in the demise
of dictator Nicolae Ceau escu. "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." -JOHN NEEDHAM, former UPI
correspondent and L.A. Times reporter and editorial writer
"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." -JOHN POWERS, Movie Critic, Vogue "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." -BRANDON GROVE, U.S. Ambassador (ret.) "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 Ceau escu 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." -NICHOLAS VELIOTES, U.S. Ambassador (ret.)
"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." -BOB PACKWOOD,
former U.S. Senator
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