Lilla's Feast by Frances Osborne
Lilla Eckford, interned in a Japanese civilian camp in China during the second world war after an extraordinary early life,passed her time by compiling a book about the joys of food.Thisprecious cookery book, now in the possession of the ImperialWarMuseum, inspired Lilla's great-granddaughter, Frances Osborne, to investigate her enthralling story. Lilla's Feast spans the world from China to India and finally to England over a hundred years, and blends together personal history, world events, period atmosphere and family anecdotes into a brilliantly vibrant and poignant story.
Passionately written and compelling, Frances Osborne's impressive debut is a wonderful readThe extraordinary life of this ordinary woman is a tumultuous feast of the senses -- Santa Montefiore
Lilla's Feast is a wonderful, inspiring book, part page-turner, part history of the British Empire in the Far East, Frances Osborne perfectly captures the stories of a lost generation of women -- Amanda Foreman
Osborne tells the story of her great-granny's life with page-turning brio * Sunday Telegraph *
A wonderfully evocative, vivid, distilled book * Tatler *
Powerfully imagined... Aromas of the spicy dishes Lilla learned to cook during her years in the Far East seem to cling to these pages, infusing the narrative with exoticism * The Times *
Lilla's Feast is a wonderful, inspiring book, part page-turner, part history of the British Empire in the Far East, Frances Osborne perfectly captures the stories of a lost generation of women -- Amanda Foreman
Osborne tells the story of her great-granny's life with page-turning brio * Sunday Telegraph *
A wonderfully evocative, vivid, distilled book * Tatler *
Powerfully imagined... Aromas of the spicy dishes Lilla learned to cook during her years in the Far East seem to cling to these pages, infusing the narrative with exoticism * The Times *
Frances Osborne worked as a barrister, a banker and then a journalist before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in London and Cheshire with her husband and two young children.
This is her first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552771887 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552771880 |
| Title | Lilla's Feast |
| Author | Frances Osborne |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-02-16 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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