Laura Archera Huxley

Laura Archera Huxley came to the United States from Italy shortly before World War II to make her teen-age debut as a concert violinist in Carnegie Hall. Prevented by wartime regulations from continuing her musical career, she turned to other creative endeavors, such as producing lms, orchestral performance, and nurturing an interest in nutrition and psychology. The self-help recipes in You Are Not the Target are her response to what she came to see as avoidable unhappiness which afflict many...See more

Laura Archera Huxley came to the United States from Italy shortly before World War II to make her teen-age debut as a concert violinist in Carnegie Hall. Prevented by wartime regulations from continuing her musical career, she turned to other creative endeavors, such as producing lms, orchestral performance, and nurturing an interest in nutrition and psychology. The self-help recipes in You Are Not the Target are her response to what she came to see as avoidable unhappiness which afflict many people in modern society. During the course of her industrious life she married the writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley. See less