What does it take to represent the United States abroad? How does one navigate the complex customs in the assigned country without offending one’s governmental hosts? In the case of Hungarian ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, one straps on a gun and goes on a boar hunt. Hear her discuss her new book, Madam Ambassador.
Eleni Kounalakis is the author of the newly-released Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest. Nominated by President Obama and sworn in my Hillary Clinton, she is a long-time political operative, attending four Democratic National Conventions as a delegate.
Ayelet Waldman is author of several bestselling books including Love & Treasure, Red Hook Road, and Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace. Her personal essays and profiles of such public figures as Hillary Clinton have appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
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