I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest review. Is their a recipe that will allow Sam to find where she should be and the answers to her dreams? What does the key to the recipe box represent? I recommend this enjoyable story to those readers of women’s fiction. Truly Madly Guilty unfolds on a much smaller scale: It’s about the day of a terrible, terrible barbecue, and features only a small group of characters. The family loves to bake, and baking is symbolic to showing love and following tradition. All of the women had a recipe box with a special key to keep their treasured baking recipes a secret to be passed down to the woman in the family. Sam learns about the history of the women in her family, and how the orchard was saved by the women in the family. Sam has trained as a specialty chef, and wanted to leave the family orchard to find herself. Sam Mullins comes back to the family orchard and pie baking business and shoppes, after a major disappointment in New York City. The author describes her characters as likable, resourceful, hardworking, and enterprising. The story takes place in Northern Michigan and New York. She shows how guilt can expose the fault lines in the most seemingly strong relationships, how what we don't say can be more powerful than what we do, and how sometimes it is the most innocent of moments that can do the. The Genres of this novel are Fiction and Women’s Fiction. In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty takes on the foundations of our lives: marriage, sex, parenthood, and friendship. Viola Shipman, Author of “The Recipe Box” has written a delightful, charming and heartwarming story of family, love, tradition and change. MY REVIEW OF “THE RECIPE BOX” BY VIOLA SHIPMAN
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