Coffee, Banana Fritters and Office Politics - The Agnes Files, #1

Coffee, Banana Fritters and Office Politics introduces readers to Agnes Larue — wife, mother, civil servant, and part-time neighbourhood commentator.

On Mondays, she battles bus breakdowns, endless jargon-filled meetings, and bosses obsessed with "strategic synergies." By midweek, she's refereeing dinner-table debates with her grown children, exchanging gossip with her mini-me daughter, and fending off the endless drama of the Auntie WhatsApp group. Sundays are no escape — whether at Mass in torturous heels or watching neighbours argue over mangoes, chaos finds her.

From wedding day disasters and ferry trips gone wrong to Creole Festival fiascos and hibiscus wars at home, Agnes narrates it all with humour, sass, and a distinctly Seychellois flair.

If you've ever survived an office meeting that should have been an email, negotiated family politics over rice and curry, or wondered how your neighbours manage to argue about fruit trees, you'll feel right at home.

Warm, witty, and wonderfully relatable, this first instalment of The Agnes Files is a celebration of island life, community drama, and the small victories that keep us laughing through it all.