Vodka and Apple Juice: Travels of an Undiplomatic Wife in Poland
Written by Jay Martin
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When Jay’s husband lands a diplomatic job in Warsaw, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her predictable life in Canberra for a three-year adventure in the heart of central Europe.
Jay shelves her corporate wardrobe and throws herself into life as a diplomatic wife. Between glamorous cocktail parties and ambassadorial shenanigans, Jay sets out to get to know quirky, difficult, fascinating Poland, with its impenetrable language and sometimes unfathomable customs.
It’s a challenge even for an intrepid traveller with a willing heart. Not to mention a marriage that increasingly doesn’t look as if it will survive its third Polish winter.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
'Humorous and graceful ... Vodka and Apple Juice depicts a woman’s
search for identity with a winning mixture of pain and aplomb.' Foreword Magazine
'Her honesty about her deficiencies is quite disarming ... Despite the dark moments when the marriage is under grave strain, this is a hugely enjoyable memoir of embassy life and an illuminating insight into Polish culture.' ANZ LitLovers
Properties
| ISBN |
9781925591316 (Paperback)
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| Formats |
B+ Format
(208 x 140mm)
(Paperback)
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| Categories |
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| Publisher | Fremantle Press |
| Edition | 1st |
| Publication Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 312 |
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Jay Martin
Jay Martin grew up in Melbourne and lived in the UK, Vietnam, India, Japan and Perth before moving to Canberra, where she worked as a social policy adviser and inadvertently married a diplomat. While in Poland, Jay worked as a freelance writer for Australian and European publications, volunteered at the Warsaw Uprising Museum and baked one decent chocolate cake. She came to understand snow and vodka, but never, really, pickled herring. Jay currently lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada. Read more
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