Fasting And Feasting

In Fasting and Feasting, biographer Adam Federman tells the remarkable{u2014}and until now untold{u2014}life story of Pa... (more)

In Fasting and Feasting, biographer Adam Federman tells the remarkable{u2014}and until now untold{u2014}life story of Patience Gray: from her privileged and intellectual upbringing in England, to her trials as a single mother during World War II, to her career working as a designer, editor, translator, and author, and describing her travels and culinary adventures in later years. A fascinating and spirited woman, Patience Gray was very much a part of her times but very clearly ahead of them. (less)