ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Wendela Lumley, the daughter of a Chilean mother descended from a long line of South American artists and writers, and a Canadian international concert pianist and academic, was born in London and educated in England. She read Law at King's College, London, and went on to study Fine and Decorative Arts at the V &A.
After meeting her English husband, they lived for many years in Chile with their five children. From 1999 she worked in shantytowns helping women develop themselves and their communities until her departure in 2004, when the family returned to England and settled near Newbury in Berkshire.