Annabel Abbs

Podlinnaja istorija ledi Chatterlej. Eto istorija zhenschiny, vdokhnovivshej Devida Gerberta Lourensa na sozdanie skandalnogo romana "Ljubovnik ledi Chatterlej". Eto neobyknovennaja sudba Fridy fon Rikhtkhofen i pechalno izvestnaja ljubovnaja svjaz, stavshaja sinonimom idej seksualnoj svobody. Ona ostavila muzha, detej, status v obschestve radi molodogo nachinajuschego pisatelja.Ee strast vdokhnovila ego na samyj skandalnyj roman "Ljubovnik ledi Chatterlej".Ona i est... nastojaschaja ledi Chatterlej.Germanija, 1907. 19-letnjaja Frida fon Rikhtkhofen vykhodit zamuzh za uvazhaemogo v obschestve professora anglijskogo jazyka Ernesta Uikli. Ikh intimnaja zhizn s pervoj brachnoj nochi razocharovyvaet Fridu. Posle neskolkikh let braka i rozhdenija troikh detej molodaja zhenschina edet navestit sestru v Mjunkhen, okhvachennyj idejami svobodnoj ljubvi. Tam Frida zavodit strastnyj roman... "Zakhvatyvajuschij portret zhenschiny, kotoraja otkazalas idti na kompromiss v tom, chto dejstvitelno vazhno: byt izvestnoj, ljubimoj i ljubit".- POLLI KLARK, britanskaja pisatelnitsa"Frida" - nadtresnutyj golos materi, zheny, ljubovnitsy, muzy, zhenschiny. Golos, vzyvajuschij k borbe za vnutrennjuju emansipatsiju i neobkhodimuju seksualnuju revoljutsiju. Roman - soitie samoj prirody, gromkoe bienie zhizni. Eto khudozhestvennaja biografija Fridy fon Rikhtgofen i Devida Gerberta Lourensa, chi dushi momentalno vrastajut drug v druga. Vosparivshaja ptitsa i buton, obraschennyj k teplotvornomu svetu. Vy budete gorjacho ljubit, tikho osuzhdat, strastno nenavidet i beskonechno zadavatsja voprosom: takoj li dolzhna byt tsena svobody?" - KATJa OBRIZAN, knizhnyj bloger

'Sleepless has changed how I feel about sleep . . . I was captivated' The Times, Book of the Week'This book will inspire you to get up, light a candle, and experience your own Night Self' Financial Times'An antidote to sleep zealotry' New ScientistTHE NIGHT SELF IS: CREATIVE. CURIOUS. VULNERABLE. ENCHANTED. COURAGEOUS.In the winter of 2020, Annabel Abbs experienced a series of bereavements. As she grieved, she kept busy by day, but at night sleep eluded her. And yet her sleeplessness led to a profound and unexpected discovery: her Night Self. As the night transformed into a place of creativity and liberation, Annabel found she wasn't alone. From the radical fifteenth-century philosopher Laura Cereta and subversive artist Louise Bourgeois, to Virginia Woolf and the activist Peace Pilgrim, women have long found sanctuary, inspiration and courage in darkness.Drawing on the latest science, which shows we are more imaginative, open-minded and reflective at night, Annabel set out to discover the potential of her Night Self. Sleepless follows her journey, from midnight hikes to starlit swims, from Singapore, the brightest city on Earth, to the darkest corner of the Arctic Circle, and finally to that most elusive of places - sleep.A moving, revelatory voyage into the dark, Sleepless invites us to feel less anxious about our sleep, and to embrace the possibilities of the night.

'Sleepless has changed how I feel about sleep . . . I was captivated' The Times, Book of the Week'This book will inspire you to get up, light a candle, and experience your own Night Self' Financial TimesTHE NIGHT SELF IS: CREATIVE. CURIOUS. VULNERABLE. ENCHANTED. COURAGEOUS.In the winter of 2020, Annabel Abbs experienced a series of bereavements. As she grieved, she kept busy by day, but at night sleep eluded her. And yet her sleeplessness led to a profound and unexpected discovery: her Night Self. As the night transformed into a place of creativity and liberation, Annabel found she wasn't alone. From the radical fifteenth-century philosopher Laura Cereta and subversive artist Louise Bourgeois, to Virginia Woolf and the activist Peace Pilgrim, women have long found sanctuary, inspiration and courage in darkness.Drawing on the latest science, which shows we are more imaginative, open-minded and reflective at night, Annabel set out to discover the potential of her Night Self. Sleepless follows her journey, from midnight hikes to starlit swims, from Singapore, the brightest city on Earth, to the darkest corner of the Arctic Circle, and finally to that most elusive of places - sleep.A moving, revelatory voyage into the dark, Sleepless invites us to feel less anxious about our sleep, and to embrace the possibilities of the night.

"Zhenschiny, izmenivshie mir" - komplekt iz dvukh knig Annabel Ebbs. Idealnyj podarok dlja ljubitelej istoricheskikh romanov. Roman "Na kukhne miss Elizy" osnovan na realnykh sobytijakh, kotorye proizoshli s anglijskoj poetessoj Elizoj Akton i ee vernoj pomoschnitsej Enn Kirbi. Ikh istorija dokazyvaet: chtoby izmenit mir, dostatochno nauchitsja varit jajtsa. Roman pereveden na 20 jazykov, a CBS Studios gotovit ekranizatsiju. "Intrigujuschaja druzhba Elizy i Enn, prekrasnoe povestvovanie o ljubvi k ede i realnyj zhiznennyj opyt zhenschin, zhivshikh v viktorianskoj Anglii". - Sara-Dzhejd Verchju i Kler Khej, Simon & Schuster UK "Frida" - eto istorija zhenschiny, vdokhnovivshej Devida Gerberta Lourensa na sozdanie skandalnogo romana "Ljubovnik ledi Chatterlej". Eto neobyknovennaja sudba Fridy fon Rikhtkhofen i pechalno izvestnaja ljubovnaja svjaz, stavshaja sinonimom idej seksualnoj svobody. "Zakhvatyvajuschij portret zhenschiny, kotoraja otkazalas idti na kompromiss v tom, chto dejstvitelno vazhno: byt izvestnoj, ljubimoj i ljubit". - Polli Klark, britanskaja pisatelnitsa

Eliza Acton, despite having never before boiled an egg, became one of the worldâ??s most successful cookery writers. Her story is fascinating, uplifting and inspiring. With recipes that leap to life from the page, The Language of Food explores the enduring struggle for female freedom, the creativity and quiet joy of cooking and the poetry of food.

"Na kukhne miss Elizy" vkhodit v spisok luchshikh istoricheskikh romanov po versii New York Times. Eta istorija osnovana na realnykh sobytijakh, kotorye proizoshli s anglijskoj poetessoj Elizoj Akton i ee vernoj pomoschnitsej Enn Kirbi. Prelesti sovremennoj kulinarii ne ostanutsja nezamechennymi dlja chitatelej, kotorye potratili poslednij god na to, chtoby nauchitsja pech domashnij khleb. Eto neverojatnaja istorija dvukh zhizneradostnykh zhenschin, kotorye prolozhili svoj put i nashli svoj golos v sovsem drugoe vremja. "Na kukhne miss Elizy" byla perevedena na 16 jazykov, a CBS Studios gotovitsja ee ekranizirovat. Istorija Elizy i Enn dokazyvaet: chtoby izmenit mir, dostatochno nauchitsja varit jajtsa. Anglija, 1837 god. Kogda koroleva Viktorija nachinaet svoe pravlenie, Eliza Akton vnosit poslednie shtrikhi v sbornik stikhov. Ona mechtaet, chtoby ee kniga uvidela svet, no svoenravnyj izdatel uverjaet Elizu, chto poezija - ne zhenskoe delo. To li delo kulinarnaja kniga. Eliza nikogda ne gotovila, odnako sdavatsja ne namerena. Ona nanimaet v kachestve pomoschnitsy semnadtsatiletnjuju Enn Kirbi, i mezhdu devushkami zarozhdaetsja krepkaja druzhba. Sobiraja retsepty so vsego mira i osvaivaja kulinarnoe delo, Eliza i Enn sozdajut unikalnuju knigu, lomaja sotsialnye stereotipy viktorianskoj Anglii. Eto istorija o vkusnoj ede, semejnykh tajnakh i nastojaschej druzhbe, no glavnoe - eto istorija o zhenschinakh, kotorye navsegda izmenili otnoshenie k kulinarii. "Intrigujuschaja druzhba Elizy i Enn, prekrasnoe povestvovanie o ljubvi k ede i realnyj zhiznennyj opyt zhenschin, zhivshikh v viktorianskoj Anglii". - Sara-Dzhejd Verchju i Kler Khej, Simon & Schuster UK "Ja vsegda byla ocharovana starymi kulinarnymi knigami, poetomu bljuda iz etoj istorii pokorili menja". - Ljusija Makro, HarperCollins US "Eliza Akton - nastojaschee otkrytie". - Kler Puli "Golosa Elizy i Enn smenjajut drug druga, no eda vsegda stoit na pervom meste". - New York Times

The story of extraordinary women who lost their way - their sense of self, their identity, their freedom - and found it again through walking in the wild. 'Moving and memorable' Virginia Nicholson, author of How Was It for You?'A triumph ... I felt as though I were being lifted, carried up to peaks' Charlotte Peacock, author of Into the Mountain: A Life of Nan Shepherd'A beautiful and meditative memoir' Publishers WeeklyFor centuries, the wilds have been male territory, while women sat safely confined at home. But not all women did as they were told, despite the dangers; history reveals women for whom rural walking became inspiration, consolation and liberation.In this powerful and deeply inspiring book, Annabel Abbs uncovers women who refused to conform, who recognised a biological, emotional and artistic need for wilderness, water and desert - and who took the courageous step of walking unpeopled and often forbidding landscapes.Part wild-walk, part memoir, Windswept follows an exhilarating journey from Abbs's isolated, car-less childhood to her walking the remote paths trodden by extraordinary women, including Georgia O'Keeffe in the empty plains of Texas and New Mexico, Nan Shepherd in the mountains of Scotland, Gwen John following the Garonne, Simone de Beauvoir in the mountains and forests of France and Daphne du Maurier along the River Rhone. A single question pulses through their walks: How does a woman change once she becomes windswept?

Eliza Acton, despite having never before boiled an egg, became one of the world's most successful cookery writers. Her story is fascinating, uplifting and inspiring. With recipes that leap to life from the page, The Language of Food explores the enduring struggle for female freedom, the creativity and quiet joy of cooking and the poetry of food.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERGood Housekeeping Book Club Pick * A Country Living Best Book of Fall * A Washington Post Best Feel-Good Book of the Year * One of the New York Times's Best Historical Fiction Novels of FallIn a novel perfect for fans of Hazel Gaynor's A Memory of Violets and upstairs-downstairs stories, Annabel Abbs, the award-winning author of The Joyce Girl, returns with the brilliant real-life story of Eliza Acton and her assistant as they revolutionized British cooking and cookbooks around the world.Before Mrs. Beeton and well before Julia Child, there was Eliza Acton, who changed the course of cookery writing forever.England, 1835. London is awash with thrilling new ingredients, from rare spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them. When Eliza Acton is told by her publisher to write a cookery book instead of the poetry she loves, she refuses--until her bankrupt father is forced to flee the country. As a woman, Eliza has few options. Although she's never set foot in a kitchen, she begins collecting recipes and teaching herself to cook. Much to her surprise she discovers a talent - and a passion - for the culinary arts.Eliza hires young, destitute Ann Kirby to assist her. As they cook together, Ann learns about poetry, love and ambition. The two develop a radical friendship, breaking the boundaries of class while creating new ways of writing recipes. But when Ann discovers a secret in Eliza's past, and finds a voice of her own, their friendship starts to fray.Based on the true story of the first modern cookery writer, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen is a spellbinding novel about female friend-ship, the struggle for independence, and the transcendent pleasures and solace of food.

For readers who adored novels like The Paris Wife, Z, and Loving Frank, comes Annabel Abbs highly praised debut novel, where she spins the story of James Joyce's fascinating, and tragic, daughter, Lucia."When she reaches her full capacity for rhythmic dancing, James Joyce may yet be known as his daughter's father . . ."The review in the Paris Times in November 1928 is rapturous in its praise of Lucia Joyce's skill and artistry as a dancer. The family has made their home in Paris--where the latest ideas in art, music, and literature converge. Acolytes regularly visit the Joyce apartment to pay homage to Ireland's exiled literary genius. Among them is a tall, thin young man named Samuel Beckett--a fellow Irish expat who idolizes Joyce and with whom Lucia becomes romantically involved.Lucia is both gifted and motivated, training tirelessly with some of the finest teachers in the world. Though her father delights in his daughter's talent, she clashes with her mother, Nora. And as her relationship with Beckett sours, Lucia's dreams unravel, as does her hope of a life beyond her father's shadow.With Lucia's behavior growing increasingly erratic, James Joyce sends her to pioneering psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Here, at last, she will tell her own story--a fascinating, heartbreaking account of thwarted ambition, passionate creativity, and the power of love to both inspire and destroy.The Joyce Girl creates a compelling and moving account of the real-life Joyce Girl, of unrealized dreams and rejection, and of the destructive love of a father.

"Abbs has found a gripping and little-known story at the heart of one of the 20th century's most astonishing creative moments, researched it deeply, and brought the extraordinary Joyce family and their circle in 1920s Paris to richly-imagined life."--Emma Darwin, bestselling author of A Secret Alchemy and The Mathematics of LoveFor readers who adored novels like The Paris Wife, Z, and Loving Frank, comes Annabel Abbs highly praised debut novel, where she spins the story of James Joyce's fascinating, and tragic, daughter, Lucia. "When she reaches her full capacity for rhythmic dancing, James Joyce may yet be known as his daughter's father . . ." The review in the Paris Times in November 1928 is rapturous in its praise of Lucia Joyce's skill and artistry as a dancer. The family has made their home in Paris--where the latest ideas in art, music, and literature converge. Acolytes regularly visit the Joyce apartment to pay homage to Ireland's exiled literary genius. Among them is a tall, thin young man named Samuel Beckett--a fellow Irish expat who idolizes Joyce and with whom Lucia becomes romantically involved. Lucia is both gifted and motivated, training tirelessly with some of the finest teachers in the world. Though her father delights in his daughter's talent, she clashes with her mother, Nora. And as her relationship with Beckett sours, Lucia's dreams unravel, as does her hope of a life beyond her father's shadow. With Lucia's behavior growing increasingly erratic, James Joyce sends her to pioneering psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Here, at last, she will tell her own story--a fascinating, heartbreaking account of thwarted ambition, passionate creativity, and the power of love to both inspire and destroy. The Joyce Girl creates a compelling and moving account of the real-life Joyce Girl, of unrealized dreams and rejection, and of the destructive love of a father.

A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH AND PICK OF THE YEARThe extraordinary story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D. H. Lawrence and the inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover.'Effervescent' The Times'A convincing evocation of a remarkable woman' Sunday Times 'Clever and deeply humane' Observer'A lush and absorbing portrait of a fascinating woman who refused to compromise on what really matters: to be known, to love, to be beloved' Polly Clark, author of LarchfieldGermany, 1907Aristocrat Frieda von Richthofen has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her sisters in Munich, she is captivated by a city alive with ideas of revolution and free love, and, goaded by sibling rivalry with her sisters and the need to be more than mother and wife, Frieda embarks on a passionate affair that is her sensual and intellectual awakening.England, 1912Trapped in her marriage to Ernest, Frieda meets the penniless but ambitious younger writer D. H. Lawrence. Their scandalous affair and tempestuous relationship unleashes a creative outpouring that influences the course of literature forever. But for Frieda, this fulfilment comes at a terrible personal cost. 'Hard to put down thanks to its heroine's audacity and strength' Stylist'Another absolutely superb novel from Annabel Abbs' Historical Novel Society 'An incredible piece of storytelling' The Lady 'A compassionately imagined tale' Daily Mail 'Fascinating' Red

A mesmerising tale of love and madness inspired by the tragic life of Lucia Joyce, daughter of James Joyce. Inspired by a true story, 'The Joyce Girl' is a compelling and moving account of thwarted ambition and the destructive love of a father.