An intriguing story which chronicles the history of the author's great-grandmother who was born in 1882 in China and whose life took her to India, England and back again to China where she was interned in a civilian camp by the Japanese during WW II. She sustained herself through semi-starvation by composing a book - now in the Imperial War Museum - of recipes and household hints. A mixture of the personal and world events.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 28 February 2005 ) |
