Family Life: Birth, Death And the Whole Damn Thing (Corgi Book) by Elizabeth Luard

Not everyone goes to school on a donkey, keeps an eagle owl in the spare bedroom cupboard, or plays chess for the French Foreign Legion. But for the four Luard children, all this was perfectly normal. As normal as taking the scrap bucket across the stream to feed the household pig, or knowing how to hitch up a mulecart.Elizabeth Luard's not-so-simple tale captures the spirit of bringing up four children as they travel across Europe, their lives a series of old-fashioned adventures. Littered with anecdotes and a scattering of their favourite recipes, this book is a celebration of family life. But no family is immune from tragedy - still less one which lives life to the full. In Francesca, the eldest of the three daughters, we find a true heroine. Passionate, honest, perceptive, she tells her own story - until that moment when she can tell it no more. This 2000 Corgi Books Paperback is in good condition. Previous owner's name inside.

ISBN: 9780552145442 SKU: 1567055 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

Location: Biography