# The Food of Love

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- Book: [The Food of Love](https://www.bookquiver.com/prue-leith/the-food-of-love) ([The Food of Love.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/prue-leith/the-food-of-love.md))
- Authors: [Prue Leith](https://www.bookquiver.com/prue-leith)
- Publisher: quercus
- ISBN: 978-17-8429-068-9
- Published: 2015-09-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A proud family. World War 2 is not yet over. Snubbed by aristocratic neighbour Lord Frampton at a coming-of-age ball, Donald Oliver dreams of the day he'll have his vengeance. A wild daughter. Laura Oliver, beautiful and tempestuous, falls in love with Giovanni, an Italian ex-prisoner-of-war, now a humble cook. Disdaining her father's snobbishness - and his wrath - the couple flee to London. A desperate hope. Giovanni and Laura arrive to a city that has not yet re-awoken after the traumas of war. Facing destitution, only their love for one another and their dream of opening a restaurant business keeps them going. From Cotswolds farmland to London fish markets, society ballrooms to icy gutters, this is a tale of prejudice and ambition, power and passion, and one couple's struggle to overcome all obstacles and carve out a life of their own.