"Charming, touching and very very funny" — Jenny Colgan, New York Times bestselling authorONE HOUSE. TWO UNLIKELY HOUSEMATES.While hunting for a room in London, Ben Aitken came across one for a great price in a lovely part of town. There had to be a catch. And there was. The catch was an 85-year-old widow who doesn't suffer fools.Full of warmth, wit and candor, The Marmalade Diaries tells the story of an unlikely friendship built during an unlikely time. One of the pair, a grieving aristocrat in her mid-eighties. The other? A millennial snowflake. What could possibly go wrong? What could possibly go right?Out of the most inauspicious of soils - and from the author of The Gran Tour - comes a book about grief, family, friendship, loneliness, life, love, lockdown and marmalade.
Ben Aitken Libri
La scrittura di Ben Aitken nasce spesso da esperienze non convenzionali e da un'acuta osservazione. Il suo primo lavoro ha comportato il seguire le orme di un popolare scrittore di viaggi attraverso il Regno Unito, portando a una raccolta di note a piè di pagina umoristiche. Avventurandosi ulteriormente, Aitken si è trasferito in Polonia per immergersi in un negozio locale di fish and chips, un'esperienza che è diventata la base del suo libro successivo. Attraverso questi viaggi unici, Aitken esplora le sfumature culturali e le avventure personali con una voce distintiva e accattivante.






One millennial, six coach trips, one big generation gap.
"Long story short, I've decided to retrace your steps. Why? Because I'm bored. Take it from me, there's only so many tacos a guy can serve before he wants to put a pint of salsa down his windpipe"--Back cover.
Why do the Poles leave Poland? Travel writer Ben Aitken booked a one-way ticket to Poznan to find out. This account of his year is a bittersweet portrait of an unsung country.
Dear Bill Bryson
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
A new edition of an irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic, from the author of The Gran Tour.
FROM FISHING AND FLYING TO FRENCH COOKING - BEN AITKEN'S YEAR OF ACTIVELY PURSUING FUN.