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A Good Read: Cressida Cowell and Romy Gill MBE

Cressida Cowell and Romy Gill

Cressida Cowell and Romy Gill MBE

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Children's writer Cressida Cowell and restaurateur Romy Gill choose favourite books.

More inspirational good reads from Harriett Gilbert and guests Cressida Cowell and Romy Gill.

Cressida Cowell MBE is the best-selling author illustrator of the How To Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once children's book series. Cressida's book choice is The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan - the story of a fractious mother-daughter relationship between a first generation Chinese immigrant to the USA and her Americanised daughter.

Romy Gill MBE is a renowned Indian chef and travel writer. She is the author of two cook books. Her favourite book is The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, a novel that follows a similar theme of conflicting Eastern and Western cultures.

Harriett chooses the autobiography of  actor Minnie Driver. Managing Expectations documents an unconventional and often difficult childhood in England and a successful Hollywood acting career, told with humour and self-deprecation.

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