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

Lilla’s Feast: A True Story Of Love, War, And A Passion For Food

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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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Weight0.273 kg
Dimensions2.4 × 12.7 × 19.8 cm
Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0552771880

About The Author

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.

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

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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

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