As Alice cooks her way through the past, she begins to settle into her new surroundings, even as her friends and family grow concerned that she has embraced them too fully and drifted away from her usual self. At first, the old house seems to resent Alice as much as she resents it, but when she finds an old cookbook tucked away in the basement, she becomes captivated by its previous owner: 1950s housewife Nellie Murdoch. However, she is determined to become a writer–and to work hard to build the kind of life her husband dreams of. When Alice Hale reluctantly leaves a promising career in New York, following her husband to the suburbs, she is unaccustomed to filling her days alone in a big, empty house. You can read this before Recipe for a Perfect Wife PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Recipe for a Perfect Wife written by Karma Brown which was published in.

Do you identify more with Nellie or with Alice? Why?ĩ.Brief Summary of Book: Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown Do you see anything symbolic or metaphorical about Nellie’s tending to the garden? Does she remind you of other women from literature or mythology because of her skill for planting?Ĩ. Do you have a collection of old family recipes like Elise left Nellie? What is your favorite recipe passed down by family?ħ. Were you surprised by the plot twist in Nellie’s point of view?Ħ. Were you surprised by the quotes from old books and women’s magazines? What did you make of them?ĥ. Was it a mistake for Alice to agree to leave Manhattan? Does running away from your problems ever work out? What personal experiences have you had trying to start over in a new place?Ĥ. Do you see food playing a similar role in your own life, ever? Did you relate to the ways Alice and Nellie emotionally connected with the dishes they prepared?ģ. Food plays a role in bonding the characters in this book together, and also in creating power dynamics.

What similar challenges do Alice and Nellie face in their marriages? What are differences between these two relationships? Do you think these similarities and differences are products of the different personalities at play, or of the different eras that these relationships occur in?Ģ.

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