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Lilla's Feast

A True Story Of Love, War, And A Passion For Food

Frances Osborne

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English
Black Swan
01 November 2005
Sensual family memoir of a modern woman in the last 100 years, spanning three continents and three husbands.

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.
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Imprint:   Black Swan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   273g
ISBN:   9780552771887
ISBN 10:   0552771880
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for Lilla's Feast: A True Story Of Love, War, And A Passion For Food

Passionately written and compelling, Frances Osborne's impressive debut is a wonderful read. The 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 * A rapturous fusion of personal history and tales of Empire and the Far East * You Magazine * An intriguing memoir * Woman and Home * Osborne brings alive the world of her great-grandmother... dazzling and inspiring * USA Today * A rapturous fusion of personal history and tales of Empire * Mail on Sunday *


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