THE LADY’S MAID: MY LIFE IN SERVICE (OLD TITLE: ROSE: MY LIFE IN SERVICE TO LADY ASTOR)
Book ID/图书代码： 11340024C00379
English Summary/英文概要： ’I was able to get on well with everyone below stairs and above, or so I thought until I began working for Lady Astor...’
In 1929, Yorkshire lass Rosina Harrison became personal maid to Lady Astor: the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat and wife of one of England’s wealthiest lords.
Lady Astor was brilliant yet tempestuous, but outspoken Rose gave as good as she got. For 35 years the battle of wills and wits raged between the two women, until an unlikely friendship began to emerge.
The Lady’s Maid is a captivating insight into the great wealth ’upstairs’ but also the endless work ’downstairs’, but it is Rose’s unique relationship with Lady Astor that makes this book a truly enticing read.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一部充滿女性機智交鋒、幽默的回憶錄，帶人一窺英國貴族女性與女僕的真實生活
「我能夠與樓梯下和樓上的每個人都相處得很好，至少我是這麼認為的，直到我開始為阿斯特子爵夫人工作……」
1929 年，約克郡姑娘羅西娜·哈里森(Rosina Harrison) 成為阿斯特子爵夫人(Lady Astor) 的侍女：阿斯特夫人是第一位獲得席位的女議員，也是英格蘭最富有的貴族之一的妻子。
阿斯特夫人才華橫溢，但脾氣暴躁，直言不諱的羅西娜盡其所能。這兩個女人之間的意志和智慧角力持續了 35 年，直到一段不太可能的友誼開始出現。
《夫人的侍女》對「樓上」的巨額財富和「樓下」無休止的工作進行了引人入勝的洞察，但羅西娜與阿斯特夫人的獨特關係使這本書真正引人入勝。(Zoe)
Awards/获奖情况：「迷人，直言不諱，但又尊重，充滿愛意，但又憤慨：夫人和女僕的社交紀錄片，地位相反，但氣勢相當......」
星期日電訊報
「一部爆裂的禮儀喜劇……這種好鬥但奇怪的深情關係是這本書的中心。圍繞著它的是一系列關於享有特權的英國人和為他們服務的人的習慣，令人愉快的故事。」
新聞周刊
A crackling comedy of manners ... this combative but oddly affectionate relationships is the book’s centre. Surround it is a and a delectable assortment of tales about the habits of over-priviledged Britishers and the people who served them
Newsweek
About the Author/作者介绍： 羅西娜·哈里森（Rosina Harrison）（又名蘿絲）1899 年出生於北約克郡的奧爾德菲爾德。蘿絲於1918年成為女僕，後來又擔任阿斯特夫人的侍女達35年。後來她退休到沃辛，並於 1989 年去世。
Rosina Harrison (known as Rose) was born in Aldfield, North Yorkshire, in 1899. Her mother was a laundry maid and her father a stonemason. Rose became a lady’s maid in 1918, and she was later lady’s maid to Lady Astor for 35 years. She later retired to Worthing where she died in 1989.
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：OPTIONED
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