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

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.

Reviews

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 *