Follow Me......: A Diary of Love, Loss and Fine Dining in a Dying Empire - Couverture souple

Alexander, Joan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 095655752X ISBN 13 : 9780956557520

Editeur : Muswell Press, 2011

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Joan Alexander's illustrious writing career has produced 10 novels, including, Carola, Thy People My People, Bitter Wind, and 3 biographies Voices and Echoes, Whom the Gods Love, and Mabel Strickland the Uncrowned Queen of Malta. She has now published her 14th title Follow Me...a Diary of Love, Loss and Fine Dining in a Dying Empire. Her father was a general and read poetry to her from an early age. As one of five siblings she was always creeping away to read in attics or hay lofts. In her early teens she passionately wanted to be an actress and went to Fay Compton's Drama School. However, when she was offered a leading junior part in a film, she was taken away from the school by her father, who only appreciated Shakespeare. She played lacrosse for the South of England and began to write short stories influenced by her love for Katherine Mansfield. She married a diplomat after WW2 , and wrote the novels which were to keep her writer's spirit alive during a gruelling life of entertaining and diplomatic strain. Her work was usually placed in the country she was living in at the time, Aden, Cyprus, Nigeria, China, and Kenya. She now lives in London, where she is working on her 15th book

Présentation de l'éditeur

Accomplished author, cook and traveller Joan Alexander presents a fascinating insight into a life lived at the highest diplomatic level during the fragile time of post war British colonialism. It is also an account of survival of a potentially gruelling life in Cyprus, Aden, Nigeria and Kenya that had many women in her situation yearning for the lives they d left; turning to drink, drugs and extra marital sex in despair. But not Joan. Through the inner life of a writer and undying love for her diplomat husband Denis, she turned to the higher arts of the table to get her through. As well as some wonderful recipes, Joan Alexander offers us a unique perspective into this phase of the history of the British establishment and the strengths and foibles of those that hated it, loved it and endured it.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Muswell Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 095655752X
• ISBN 13: 9780956557520
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible