In this captivating dual narrative novel, a modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her home\u2019s previous owner, a quintessential 1950s housewife. As she discovers remarkable parallels between this woman\u2019s life and her own, it causes her to question the foundation of her own relationship with her husband–and what it means to be a wife fighting for her place in a patriarchal society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Alice Hale leaves a career in publicity to become a writer and follows her husband to the New York suburbs, she is\u00a0unaccustomed to filling her days alone in a big, empty house. But when she finds a vintage cookbook buried in a box in the old home’s basement, she becomes captivated by the cookbook\u2019s previous owner \u2013 1950s housewife Nellie Murdoch. As Alice cooks her way through the past, she realizes that within the cookbook\u2019s pages Nellie left clues about her life \u2013 including a mysterious series of unsent letters penned to her mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soon Alice learns that while baked Alaska and meatloaf five ways may seem harmless, Nellie’s secrets may have been anything but. When Alice uncovers a more sinister \u2013 even dangerous \u2013 side to Nellie\u2019s marriage, and\u00a0has become increasingly dissatisfied with the mounting pressures in her own relationship, she begins\u00a0to take control of her life and protect herself with a few secrets of her own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29562,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"knygos-kategorija":[167],"knygos-tema":[],"knygos-autorius":[1570],"knygos-leidimo-metai":[335],"class_list":["post-29561","knyga","type-knyga","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","knygos-kategorija-fiction","knygos-autorius-karma-brown","knygos-leidimo-metai-year-2020"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n