Kitchens of the Great Midwest
“A sweet and savory treat.” —People“An impressive feat of narrative jujitsu . . . that keeps readers turning the pages too fast to realize just how ingenious they are.”—The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Pick“Kitchens of the Great Midwest is a terrific reminder of what can be wrested from...
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“A sweet and savory treat.” —People“An impressive feat of narrative jujitsu . . . that keeps readers turning the pages too fast to realize just how ingenious they are.”—The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Pick“Kitchens of the Great Midwest is a terrific reminder of what can be wrested from suffering and struggle—not only success, but also considerable irony, a fair am
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780143109419 (0143109413)
ASIN: 143109413
Publisher: Penguin Books , London
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
I fell in love with the cover and the title and the conceit that the book is built around but I half expected to be disappointed, so many books don't live up to their covers and so many clever conceits turn into pedestrian prose, but instead, I was deeply impressed by 'The Kitchens Of The Great Midw...
I wasn't sure I'd like this one after the first couple of chapters. The writing was good but I wasn't sure I cared about any of the characters I was supposed to be connecting with. But then something happened in the third chapter, and I finally understood how the story about one person (Eva) was bei...
The story opens with Lars Thorvald and his virginity due to his long-standing family affair with lutefisk. Finally in his 20s, he falls in love with Cynthia over pesto. Their daughter, Eva, is born in 1989 and Lars immediately starts her on a life-long food journey with pureed shoulder roast, among ...
A foodie centric read with themes of missing/dead mothers everywhere. It had a strong start and a strong end, but the essential content connecting the ends was clumsy and dull.
For the longest time, I kept ignoring this book when looking to fill my reader on Net Galley. I thought it was a cookbook. Then one day, I read the blurb, then the next day I started seeing all the reviews. I thought, I need to check this out. Boy, am I glad that I did. This was such a good story ab...
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