{"title":"Annabel Abbs","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-language-of-food","title":"The Language of Food","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngland 1835. Eliza Acton is a poet who dreams of seeing her  words in print. But when she takes her new manuscript to a publisher,  shes told that poetry is not the business of a lady. Instead, they  want her to write a cookery book. Thats what readers really want from  women. England is awash with exciting new ingredients, from spices to  exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Eliza leaves  the offices appalled. But when her father is forced to flee the country  for bankruptcy, she has no choice but to consider the proposal. Never  having cooked before, she is determined to learn and to discover, if she can, the poetry in recipe writing. To assist her, she hires  seventeen-year-old Ann Kirby, the impoverished daughter of a  war-crippled father and a mother with dementia. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOver the  course of ten years, Eliza and Ann developed an unusual friendship  one that crossed social classes and divides  and, together, they broke the mould of traditional cookbooks and changed the course of cookery  writing forever. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold in alternate voices by the award-winning author of The Joyce Girl, and with recipes that leap to life from the page, The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs is the most thought-provoking and page-turning historical novel youll read this year, exploring the enduring struggle for female freedom, the power of female friendship, the creativity and quiet joy of cooking and the poetry of food, all while bringing Eliza Action out of the archives and back into the public eye.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhilarating to read - thoughtful, heart-warming and poignant, with a quiet intelligence and elegance that does its heroine proud Bridget Collins\u003cbr\u003e 'A sumptuous banquet of a book that nourished me and satisfied me just as Eliza Actons meals would have... I adored it' Polly Crosby\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264461455654,"sku":"the-language-of-food","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/982d1e7d-2ca1-43cb-9320-436f6ff21db5.jpg?v=1701099437"}],"url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.live\/collections\/annabel-abbs.oembed","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}