The book of memoirs "Tell me how you live" was written during the war She wrote excerpts from the diaries that Mrs. Christie diligently conducted throughout her Middle Eastern expeditions, in which she was with her husband-archaeologist. As she would later write in Autobiography, her pen was made to yearn for the happy 30s spent traveling, longing for the husband with whom she was separated by the war, and a passionate desire to resurrect the former happy days. Sidney Smith, an employee of the British Museum, after reading the manuscript, did not advise to publish it, since Max, he said, the book will certainly seem amateurish. The chronicle itself is quite remarkable: it conveys the whole panorama of the life of archaeological expeditions in Iraq and Syria in the 30s and is permeated with good humor and humanity. No special knowledge of the Middle East or archaeology at all is needed to capture the charm of this report the adventures of each of the members of their remarkable archaeological company. The framework of the expedition Mallowan, apparently, really were cute, interesting and cheerful people, and the story of Mrs. Christie about the workers - Arabs and Turks - and sheikhs of desert tribes is distinguished by the vividness and brightness of the image. The book was first published in England in 1946.