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Frances Osborne
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Lilla's Feast: a Story of Love, War and a Passion for Food |
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English |
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Paperback |
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289 |
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2004-01-01 |
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038560713X |
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DOUBLEDAY |
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1.19 pounds |
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6.26 x 9.25 x 0.98 inches |
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New Ed |
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2 jemma (Japan), Lindsay (USA: IN) |
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2 Bonnie Lynn (Canada), literaleigh (USA: AL) |
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Product Description
The true story of a colonial woman caught up in a century of war - a time when ordinary people found themselves at the centre of extraordinary events.
Lilla Eckford was born in Chefoo North China, in 1882, an identical twin in a British colonial family. In a life spanning one hundred years, 5,000 miles and three 'husbands', Lilla was caught up in the Boxer Uprising, the Japanese invasion and the communist takeover of China. She spent three years in Japanese camps. In a state of semi-starvation, she wrote the fantastical cookery book that lies at the heart of this memoir. This book was the inspiration for Frances Osborne's quest to uncover the story of her great-grandmother's journey from unhappy bride to resplendent survivor.
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