One Bite Of The Cherry

When she first heard of her husband’s posting to Bangkok, Jacqui’s reaction was panic. How on earth would she manage with three small children? Typhoid, cholera, smallpox were just a few of the things to worry about, not to mention the language and the fact they didn’t know anything about Thailand at all.

They arrive in Bangkok in April, the hottest month. With no air conditioning, the heat is indescribable. But within a week Jacqui and Neil, her husband, had bought an old Ford Zephyr, rente...