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A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg

4.0

When I first picked up this book, I knew it used a structure that weaved recipes into a story and I LOVED the idea. In fact, I actually had the idea for a book of my own, but Wizenberg beat me to the punch. So it would suffice to say that I had high expectations. But, in truth, they weren't quite met. While I haven't tried any yet, the recipes sound great, and I look forward to trying a few. But the story didn't have enough of an arc. And it ended too much like a fairy tale, which made me think the narrator is naive. Life doesn't actually conclude when you get married. All that said, this book was totally me. It's about a young woman who likes to travel and cook who loses her father suddenly and shortly thereafter gets married. But while the story was similar to mine, the voice of the narrator was not (and in fairness, I probably don't have as great of recipes up my sleeve, either). LOVE the concept, liked the book.