A delightful political satire filled with controversy, interwoven through one girl's hilarious attempts to adapt to a Third World nation.Lynne Minion's debut peacekeeping mission in East Timor began with a lonely wait on the airport forecourt, lapsed accommodation plans, and the realisation that stilettos were perhaps an ill-advised addition to her luggage.However, despite this inauspicious start, Lynne went on to work for the United Nations with unprecedented access to powerful figures in East Timor. She ended up as the only international adviser in the office of the new Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, dined at the table of the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and those stilettos proved to be among the most useful items in her wardrobe.Lynne's keen eye for observation and the absurd is the basis for this book, which documents the extraordinary behind-the-scenes events in the first year of East Timor's democracy. Hello Missus! demystifies UN peacekeeping missions, shedding light upon the personalities involved in making history.This is a wicked, racy and erudite tome of laughter and tears, played out in a tropical island paradise that also happens to be populated by desperately poor civilians and thousands of armed and uniformed peacekeepers. Lynne's humour, commentary and compassion provide rare and ridiculous insights into the true nature of foreign affairs. Think Action Woman meets Bridget Jones!