Judithstory—Motivating Memoirs

In this follow-up memoir, Judith Mudd-Krijgelmans returns to New Delhi as a U.S. diplomat, her lively five-year-old daughter at her side. Embarking on the career she’s dreamed of, she throws herself into the globe-trotting life. What lies in store for this risk-taker, whose battle with racial prejudice is not over, is what Chocolates for Mary Julia are about. As a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Information Agency and Department of State, in a nearly 30-year career, she publicly represented the United States in Delhi, Bombay, Dhaka, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Brussels, Libreville, Bujumbura, and Brazzaville. From Washington, she oversaw eight French-speaking African public affairs posts and led the first U.S. Government civic education project in South Africa. Despite the heartache of her first relationship, she never gave up on finding love, building a family, forming effective work teams, and seeing sights around the world—all while proudly waving the flag for an ideal America yet to be realized.