Recipe For A Perfect Wife is the ideal read for your book groups – believe me, there is so much to discuss in this story. I feel that this ambiguity is very symbolic. In one sense, explosive in another ambiguous. I especially found the endings of both Alice’s and Nellie’s stories very intriguing. It is full of twists, intrigue and depth. I was so keen to read Recipe For A Perfect Wife as there is a massive buzz about this book and I am happy to say I wasn’t disappointed. As a modern day women, I found some quite unsettling to read. Some of these quotes are comical, but many are shocking. Each of Alice’s chapter start with quotes giving real life advice on how to be the ‘perfect wife’ that were given to women in history. The story is juxtaposed between Alice’s modern day marriage and Nellie’s life with her husband in the 1950s. It also explores wider sexual politics, for example, the Me Too campaign. Recipe For A Perfect Wife is a fascinating read as it explores the power dynamics in a marriage in an engaging, entertaining way. Karma Brown, author of Recipe For A Perfect WifeĪlice also has her own secrets, and as her unease within her own marriage intensifies, she realises she is not the only one with secrets. As Alice becomes more fascinated by the book and it’s recipes, she unravels the ugly, dark secrets of Nellie’s marriage. The cook book belongs to Nellie Murdoch, the previous owner of the empty old house who was a young wife in 1950s. This cook book, full of old recipes including bread and cheese pudding and busy day cake reveals the food many women prepared for their husbands decades ago. When modern day Alice Hale is persuaded by her husband to reluctantly give up the life she loves in Manhattan and move to the suburbs, she discovers an old cook book in the basement of her new home. Recipe For A Perfect Wife by Karma Brown is the story of two very different wives from different eras connected by an old house and a vintage cook book.
This is one of the most anticipated reads of the year, and now that I have read it, I definitely know why. It is nostalgic, it is sinister, it is thought provoking. Wow! Recipe For A Perfect Wife is a thrilling page turner a brooding story built upon layer upon layer of intrigue.
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