{"product_id":"recipe-for-a-perfect-wife-9781524744953","title":"Recipe for a Perfect Wife","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRecipe for a Perfect Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold, intoxicating, page-turner. Karma Brown has long been a favorite of mine and this book is proof she just keeps getting better and better. This is a thrilling, audacious story about women daring to take control.\"\u003cb\u003e--Taylor Jenkins Reid, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDaisy Jones \u0026amp; The Six\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn this intriguing dual narrative novel, a modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her home's previous owner, a quintessential 1950s housewife. As she discovers remarkable parallels between this woman's 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Alice Hale leaves a career in publicity to become a writer and follows her husband to the New York suburbs, she is unaccustomed 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's previous owner--1950s housewife Nellie Murdoch. As Alice cooks her way through the past, she realizes that within the cookbook's pages Nellie left clues about her life--including a mysterious series of unsent letters penned to her mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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--even dangerous--side to Nellie's marriage, and has become increasingly dissatisfied with the mounting pressures in her own relationship, she begins to take control of her life and protect herself with a few secrets of her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKARMA BROWN is the author of five novels: the #1 national bestseller \u003ci\u003eRecipe for a Perfect Wife\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCome Away with Me\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2015); the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Choices We Make\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn This Moment\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Life Lucy Knew\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life. \u003c\/i\u003eAn award-winning journalist, Karma has been published in \u003ci\u003eSELF\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eToday's Parent\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She lives just outside Toronto with her husband, daughter, and a Labradoodle named Fred.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dutton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912842318098,"sku":"9781524744953","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c8379d15-46d3-4c2e-aaf1-1e0bf44a1b98.jpg?v=1738778315","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/recipe-for-a-perfect-wife-9781524744953","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}