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.
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.
Sensual family memoir of a modern woman in the last 100 years, spanning three continents and three husbands.
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
*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*
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 *
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