The Recipe Box
Books | Fiction / Romance / General
3.9
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Viola Shipman
"Filled with cherished memories and treasured recipes, The Recipe Box is a touching tribute to the women and food that unite us and connect our past to the present." —Richard Paul Evans, #1 New York Times bestselling author"An easy, delightful novel" –Good HousekeepingIn The Recipe Box, bestselling beloved author Viola Shipman spins a tale about a lost young woman and the family recipe box that changes her life.Growing up in northern Michigan, Samantha “Sam” Mullins felt trapped on her family’s orchard and pie shop, so she left with dreams of making her own mark in the world. But life as an overworked, undervalued sous chef at a reality star’s New York bakery is not what Sam dreamed. When the chef embarrasses Sam, she quits and returns home. Unemployed, single, and defeated, she spends a summer working on her family’s orchard cooking and baking alongside the women in her life—including her mother, Deana, and grandmother, Willo. One beloved, flour-flecked, ink-smeared recipe at a time, Sam begins to learn about and understand the women in her life, her family’s history, and her passion for food through their treasured recipe box. As Sam discovers what matters most she opens her heart to a man she left behind, but who now might be the key to her happiness.
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Author
Viola Shipman
Pages
336
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2018-03-20
ISBN
1250146771 9781250146779
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"I enjoyed aspects of this novel, but it needed dramatic amounts of editing. This is a first draft, saccharine, preachy, predictable, and repetitive. It features not so much foreshadowing as repeated mallet-whacks to the reader’s head with a book that makes me feel like Shipman (actually Wade Rouse) thinks his reader needs remedial education. I think this is a sweet story better suited to a short story or perhaps a novella, unless more plot was added. I like the idea, and the characters are sweet, and the advice isn’t bad in one way. But it’s just. So. Preachy. <br/><br/>You can get the same ideas out by showing instead of telling. Rouse clearly never learned how to SHOW a meaning and got nearly everything across with heavy handed TELL. <br/><br/>Doesn’t hold up to any level of analysis. But, a fluffy predictable undemanding summer read that is easy to pass on. I’m not mad I read it and will probably snag a few of the recipes."
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Teresa Prokopanko
"@robinjohnson301 I adored this book!!"
Megan Brown
"❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️"
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"http://www.anurseandabook.com/2018/06/the-recipe-box-by-viola-shipman.html<br/><br/>Sam fled her small town to live and thrive in the big city of New York. But she isn't exactly thriving. She's working for a jerk, but he's a jerk who has the power to fire her, and he does.<br/><br/>Sam slinks home with her tail between her legs to celebrate the family orchard's anniversary. As she begins working and baking with her mother and grandmother, she finds her spirits lifting.<br/><br/>I'm still trying to wrap my head around why Sam would have ever felt the need to flee this perfect family in this perfect town. The best part of the book was the recipes - I want to try them all!<br/><br/>Current Goodreads Rating 3.9"
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Marcee Feddersen