This is a story of Annabel Teacup, a farmer’s wife who learned to create healing herbs for her community in her rural town of St-Amour but along the way Annabel finds herself learning more than she could imagine.

Plum Sykes described how "Birley's collection of horse and dog paintings and prints covered the walls top to toe; flickering candle lamps lit the tables while guests ate dinner seated on banquettes upholstered in red velvet; the cramped dance floor, almost an afterthought, was hidden at the back of the club and boasted only a couple of disco lights . Housed in a charming wood cabin with shade-dappled terrace, Daimumah Cafe is open all day offering a range of hot and cold drinks, tasty snacks, and light meals in the scenic surroundings of the Oasis. They had only been there for a few weeks and I was somewhat amazed at how much I knew about Thailand, as I was recommending a few of my favourite trips to them.

You’re still young and able to explore the world, but have the adult responsibilities that society has set for you. Robin ran the company and India Jane, responsible for the look and decoration of the club, redesigned and relaunched Annabel's with Robin in 2003. It’s kinda sad but I am looking forward to going back home, but also sad as I’ve made a bunch of really great friends here. She later studied herbology and crystal energies, having also delved in healing modalities such as Reiki.

and his wife Mary Lee Epling, Whitney Straight, Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł and Lee Radziwill, Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset and his wife Jane, Evelyn de Rothschild, Billy Dudley, Drue Heinz, the Maharajah of Jaipur, Tony Lambton, Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Paul Channon, Andrew Parker Bowles, the Plunket brothers ( Patrick Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket and Robin Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket), Max Rayne and his wife Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart (Annabel's sister), Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner and Anne Tennant, Baroness Glenconner, and George Weidenfeld as among the guests present at the opening night of Annabel's.

Barry Humphries wrote and performed a special song about Annabel's on both nights in character as Dame Edna Everage. Jeans and trainers are prohibited after 7pm and jackets must be worn by men everywhere except the dance floor.

For older readers with long memories - I thought of early Hayley Mills, the English juvenile actress from "Pollyanna" and "Parent Trap" as I pictured Annabel. The Annabel's affair: just as Annabel's regains its place as London society's favourite nightspot, its owners are mired in a bizarre family feud".India Jane Birley solely managed the club in 2006 after her estrangement from her brother, and left the management of her father's clubs after their 2007 sale.

She has a loyal best friend; she lives in a small village; she attends a quite normal school; she has a long suffering if supportive family. We also got a free-probably-not-free bag which was cute and reminded me of the shirts we had to wear with the elephants. This book is only the beginning of Annabel’s adventures and the reader can expect to continue the exciting saga of Mrs.

The rule was quickly reimposed however as Birley described in an article for The Spectator that he had " . There is a bit of English slang in the stories, and jokes that are based on references to neighborhoods in London or regions of England might pass by American readers, but this seems a minor inconvenience.