Originally published in 1967, this fun and clever story follows Tina Balser, a sophisticated housewife who lives in Manhattan and seems to have everything--money, two beautiful daughters, and a husband who is a successful lawyer. When Tina begins to suspect that she is going mad, she starts a secret diary as a form of therapy and escape. Through the pages of this diary, her fears and neuroses emerge, as well as her sharp and hilarious observations of herself and those around her, which lead to many changes, including an extramarital fling. "Originalmente publicada en 1967, esta historia divertida e inteligente sigue a Tina Balser, un ama de casa sofisticada que vive en Manhattan y parece tenerlo todo--dinero, dos hermosas hijas y un exitoso abogado por marido. Cuando Tina comienza a sospechar que se esta volviendo loca, empieza a escribir en un diario secreto como una forma de terapia y evasion. A traves de las paginas de este diario, sus miedos y neurosis surgen, asi como sus observaciones agudas y comicas de si misma y de los que la rodean, lo cual conduce a muchos cambios, incluyendo una aventura extramarital."

When Alfred becomes an ambassador in Paris, his wife Fanny will be put in charge of managing the embassy's day-to-day. Suddenly she'll find herself rubbing shoulders with the Parisian aristocracy, hosting cocktails and dinners, and bewildered by the way in which the most menial details of her life make their way into the papers. On top of it all, she will have to mediate emotional situations among her friends and guide her indomitable sons, whose modern lifestyles she just can't seem to understand. Furthermore, it seems as though a diplomatic crisis is about to erupt, making it clear that life in an embassy is anything but boring. "Cuando Alfred es nombrado embajador en Paris, su esposa Fanny se convertira en la encargada de manejar los asuntos cotidianos de la embajada. De repente se vera alternando con la aristocracia y lo mas granado de la sociedad parisina, dando cocteles y cenas, y contemplando asombrada como cada nimio detalle de su vida es aireado en los periodicos. Por si fuera poco, tendra que mediar en los asuntos sentimentales de sus amigos y encauzar a sus indomitos hijos, cuyos modernos estilos de vida no termina de comprender. Ademas, parece que una crisis diplomatica esta a punto de estallar, dejando claro que la vida en una embajada es todo excepto aburrida."

When Grace, along with her son Sigi, finally reunites with her husband Charles-Edouard and moves to France after being separated by the warm she loses ground when faced with exceedingly elegant French women, and is surprised by a world full of gossip, loves, and complicated affairs. But the surprises don't end there, for she will later discover that her husband has the tendency of pursuing every attractive woman that crosses his path. All of this makes her think that her marriage is about to be over and that surely the time has come to return to England. But that is when the blessing, Sigi, will take matters into his own hands. With her characteristic ability for satire, Nancy Mitford admirably reconstructs the environment, life, and people of the aristocratic circles of Paris and London. Beyond sophisticated characters, entertaining intrigue, and the exciting pace of biting conversations, this work evokes a world already long gone. "Cuando Grace, junto a su hijo Sigi, consigue reunirse con su marido Charles-Edouard e instalarse en Francia tras la separacion provocada por la guerra, pierde pie ante las elegantisimas mujeres francesas, y se ve sorprendida por un mundo de cotilleos, amantes y complicados affairs. Pero las sorpresas no acabaran ahi, pues mas tarde descubrira que su marido tiene la tendencia de perseguir a cuanta mujer atractiva que se cruce en su camino. Todo le hace pensar que su matrimonio esta a punto de terminar y que seguramente sea el momento de volver a Inglaterra. Pero sera entonces cuando la bendicion, el pequeno Sigi, tome cartas en el asunto. Con su caracteristica capacidad para la satira, Nancy Mitford reconstruye admirablemente el ambiente, la vida y las personas de los circulos aristocraticos de Paris y Londres. Mas alla de sofisticados personajes, divertidas intrigas y el ritmo trepidante de unos dialogos mordaces, esta obra es la evocacion de un mundo ya desaparecido."