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Chargement... Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies: A Novel (original 2019; édition 2020)par Vicky Zimmerman (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Goodness, what a delightful book! Things I loved: - a 40-year-old protagonist, a sassy, cranky octogenarian, and omg, the FOOD.


 - the relatability. Yes, I fully relate to feeling stuck, and yet not moving on from a job that you don't love because of fear. - the menus in the book "Thoughts for Food". I love the entire concept It's Kate's 40th birthday, and instead of everything coming together as she hoped, her life kind of falls apart. She finds herself without an apartment, on a "break" from her boyfriend, and living with her mom (while working a job she hates) Hoping to volunteer at an animal shelter, she ends up instead doing food demonstrations at a nursing home. It's here we first meet Miss Cecily - as she critiques Kate's cooking. I absolutely fell in love with Miss Cecily. She's feisty, she's outspoken, quite often flat-out rude - but underneath it all, there was something special. She used that feistiness to push Kate to want more. I particularly loved the cast of characters in the book -they were fun, or fun to dislike. This was a lovely, cheery, delightful read, but it was a bit long. (I could have done with a few less chapters on her ex-boyfriend and all his dysfunctions. I really didn't care for him anyway.) Also, if you are the type of person who likes recipes interspersed throughout a book, you WILL be disappointed, because this isn’t that kind of foodie book. (This didn't bother me, but it may disappoint some.) I won't spoil the fun, but definitely DO read the note from the author! All in all, a lighthearted tale about being true to yourself, finding your true path, and unlikely friendships. Four-and-a-half stars (rounded to five here for rating purposes) I was provided a copy of the book for review purposes. All opinions are my own. Volunteering at a retirement home was supposed to give Kate something to do when her self-absorbed boyfriend decided he wasn’t ready for her to move in with him. Kate met her match in Mrs. Cecily Finn, a grumpy 97-year-old. Both their love of cooking and Mrs. Finn’s believe that Nick, the boyfriend wasn’t worth Kate’s time, cemented a friendship. Mrs. Finn shared a cookbook with Kate that made a bond as Kate learned about Mrs. Finn’s life. And in the process Kate straightened out her life, leaving a boring job writing advertising copy for her own catering business and writing a cookbook. Of course, this book has a happy ending. If you are looking for a book to bring you cheer, this will do it. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: Breakfast with a Hangover Food for feasting, friends are for savoring, and the way to a man's heart is...irrelevant When her life falls apart on the eve of her 40th birthday, Kate Parker finds herself volunteering at the Lauderdale House for Exceptional Ladies. There she meets 97-year-old Cecily Finn. Cecily's tongue is as sharp as her mind, but she's fed up with pretty much everything. Having no patience with Kate's choices, Cecily prescribes her a self-help book with a difference. Food for Thought: a charming 1950s cookbook high on enthusiasm, featuring menus for anything life can throw at the "easily dismayed." So begins an unlikely friendship between two lonely and stubborn soulsâ??one at the end of her life, one stuck in the middleâ??who discover one big life lesson: never be ashamed to ask for more Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The book isn’t really a romance at all. Instead it is the story of how a woman learns to like and admire herself, accept herself and realize that she can hold out for the best that life has to offer. It is also the story of a unique friendship between two stubborn and lonely women of different generations. And, best of all the story is served alongside some wonderful cooking scenes that truly had my mouth watering. Forty-to-be Kate and Ninety-seven year old Cecily meet when Kate volunteers at an old age home and although Cecily is quite caustic and contrary, they hit it off and Cecily gives Kate a unique cookbook that helps to guide Kate through the difficult year ahead.
Miss Cecily’s Recipes for Exceptional Ladies is a light-hearted and warm escape read that builds it’s story around themes of gaining confidence, building healthy relationships, and forming solid friendships. The wonderful descriptions of delicious recipes is an added bonus to this light and entertaining read. ( )