Bøger af Elizabeth Bennett

The author stresses at the outset that this book is a memoir, not to be confused with an autobiography. The published book is a compilation of a set of manuscripts, and the transcription of a voice recording made in the last year of her life. The text is divided into chapters, each of which gives a vignette of a particular series of events in the author's life - beginning with her sheltered childhood at Eton College; her experiences as a volunteer in the ranks, and later as an officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War; her first introduction to the ideas now known as the Fourth Way; the ten months she spent in G.I Gurdjieff's inner circle in Paris in 1949; her life and travels with her husband during the 1950s. This book gives a remarkably candid account of life impressions, and a fascinating insight into the personal lives of two great 20th century teachers. Illustrated with a selection of twenty-four of the author's own sketches in pen and watercolour.

Joanna has everything a woman could desire: as the young, beautiful wife of a wealthy financier, her days are her own to spend at leisure - but her nights are solitary. Her older husband sleeps alone, and Joanna increasingly seeks some traces of danger to satisfy her.Several chance encounters shock Joanna into action. She becomes involved with the mysterious 'O', a woman whose clients experiment with pleasure, pain and 'issues of control'. Joanna's experiences with 'O' are exciting, but also dangerous and set her on a path of discovery; identities are revealed, alliances shifted and plots undertaken. As Joanna begins to gather secrets she lays the foundation of a wicked revenge.Daring and dangerous, The Afternoons of a Woman of Leisure is one story of self-discovery that you won't be able to forget.