She loses herself by attempting to make meals from old-fashioned tried and true recipes, learning how to garden, and dabbling in updating her wardrobe with vintage pieces. Alice decides to view Nellie as an inspiration. As she reads personal letters Nellie penned to her mother decades ago, Alice soon recognizes that her life isn’t technically that different from the woman who lives to keep her husband happy while maintaining an organized home. In the current timeline, Alice is fascinated by the previous home owner’s day-to-day activities. In “Recipe for a Perfect Wife,” author Karma Brown uses the antiquated beliefs of the past to encourage a modern-day woman to look at her marriage and life in a new perspective. A brilliant, brooding, timely novel, fraught with tension, that packs a punch. While Karma Brown’s signature style remains, it’s laced with something sinister and dark. While trying to fill the time, she finds entertainment in an old stack of letters penned by the woman who once lived under the same roof in the 1950s. Recipe for a Perfect Wife masterfully bridges the lives of two women, living sixty years apart, who refuse to fall victim to the patriarchy. “Recipe for a Perfect Wife,” Dutton, by Karma BrownĪlthough she agreed when her husband suggested they move to the suburbs, Alice is feeling out of sorts with her new slow-paced life. This book cover image released by Dutton shows 'Recipe for a Perfect Wife,' by Karma Brown. In this captivating dual narrative novel, a modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her homes previous owner, a quintessential 1950s.

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