“Brett’s strength in this book is her ability to move fluidly between the small and seemingly inconsequential (New York’s pet health clubs, the preparation of a bulls head taco on a street-stall in Mexico, half-mimed conversations with her Mexican housemaid) to the world-changing events of Auschwitz, September 11 and, on a personal level, the fire that destroyed her SoHo home.”
The Age

“[In Mexico and Poland] Brett proffers one of the most gripping of first-hand narratives of the event [September 11, 2001] and its aftermaths that has been published. Disorientation, the comforting by and of others, the renewal of love for the city and children are her themes.”
The Canberra Times

Set between journeys to the places of its title, Between Mexico and Poland traces a number of emotional voyages as Lily Brett turns a brutally honest and unflinching eye on herself. In her most honest and personal book yet, she ranges from the devastation of losing her home to fire several years ago, to powerful insights into her adopted city, New York, and how it has changed forever since September 11, 2001. In the voice Brett's readers have come to rely on – self-scrutinizing, self-mocking, always hilarious – Between Mexico and Poland offers the unsparing Brett candor full-on.