Short description
Bestselling author of SPILLING THE BEANS and champion of the countryside, brings us her outspoken views, encounters and stories from her life as she travels around the heart of Britain.
Long description
With her inimitable wit, treasury of tales and outspoken views, Clarissa Dickson Wright opens her diary and takes us on a journey around Britain and her life. As celebrated cook and champion of the countryside, Clarissa recalls episodes from her life and describes her encounters with everyone from local farmers to Women's Institutes, supermarket managers to greyhound coursers. A lover of local traditions, she has attended events from the Whitstable Oyster Festival to the Hungerford Hochtide. In a world of political correctness, Rifling Through My Drawers is a breath of fresh air and proves once again why Clarissa is one of the nation's true treasures.
Review
Praise for SPILLING THE BEANS: 'Packed with hilarious anecdotes, fizzing with energy, throbbing with pain, this has to be the autobiography of the year' -- Daily Mail 'She packs her story with marvellous anecdotes' -- Sunday Times 'This is a searing book, but also one with rays of good humour' -- Country Life 'Extraordinary and occasionally heartbreaking story' -- Belfast Telegraph 'Fascinating' 'An often funny, shocking and very honest read' -- Active Life 20081001