Diamonds in the Trees

International fashion through diplomacy to wool farming Australia'Diamonds In The Trees' is a collection of memoirs that spans the world through the eyes of a girl who becomes a global citizen on her way to a dedicated occupation as a fashion designer. Many countries people and animals play a part in this journey. This story is told through the attitudes, politics, mores and times that she passes through, many unexpected. The Cold War is experienced through the eyes of a young energetic diplomatic couple with toddlers in tow. 'Following some of our tropical afternoon downpours you can still see those diamonds twinkling in the gum trees on the paddock, behind the little town-house in the hills above Currumbin.'