{"product_id":"black-coffee-and-red-lipstick-notes-on-living-isbn-9781846017780","title":"Black Coffee and Red Lipstick: Notes on living","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new collection of thought-provoking and engaging memoir-based essays from columnist, commentator and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author, Alexandra Shulman, the longest serving Editor-in-Chief of British \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for Alexandra Shulman:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Self-deprecating and stylish, this is sure to become a classic.” - \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Alexandra Shulman's style is unaffected, immediate and hilariously dry. She's brilliant at observing everyday feelings in a joy-sparking turn of phrase.” - Helena Bonham Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoast Chicken and Red Lipstick\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays that weave ideas about our domestic and daily life - hence the roast chicken - with thoughts on style and the way we present ourselves - hence the red lipstick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It combines anecdotes and observations from Alexandra Shulman's 25 years spent editing British \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and her current life as a freelance writer and commentator.  She draws on her experiences as a magazine editor but also a mother, daughter, sibling, girlfriend, housekeeper and lover of shopping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alexandra left her job at V\u003ci\u003eogue\u003c\/i\u003e in 2017 to embark on a different way of life and while this is in no way a book of self-discovery it does touch on the question of things or patterns of behavior that make us who we are?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The essays will be a mixture of ideas from her quest for the perfect eyeliner, to why picnics are so delightful.  How it is that men and women see different things in the home - is there male pattern blindness? - to why our hair matters so much to us. Friendship, siblings, gardening and grey hair will also be explored with Alexandra's characteristic wit and incisiveness.","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52119238541541,"sku":"NP9781846017780","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/black-coffee-and-red-lipstick-notes-on-living-isbn-9781846017780","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}