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    The Recipe Box: A Novel
    The Recipe Box: A Novel
    The Recipe Box: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Recipe Box: A Novel

    Written by Viola Shipman

    Narrated by Susan Bennett

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    "Susan Bennett does a beautiful job narrating Sam's discovery of family stories, recipes, and . . . herself." –AudioFile Magazine

    "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 Housekeeping

    In 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.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Thomas Dunne Books

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateMar 20, 2018
    ISBN9781427293305
    The Recipe Box: A Novel
    Author

    Viola Shipman

    Wade Rouse is a popular award-winning memoirist and internationally bestselling author of twelve books, which have been translated into twenty languages and selected as Today show Must-Reads, Indie Next Picks and Michigan Notable Books. Rouse writes fiction under his grandma’s name, Viola Shipman, to honor the woman whose heirlooms inspire his writing. He lives in Michigan and California, and hosts Wine & Words with Wade, A Literary Happy Hour, every Thursday.

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    • 5/5
      It was just an awesome good read! I loved everything about it! And then I wanted to bake!
    • 5/5
      Love this book! It made me laugh, cry, and ponder about family, grief, and finding my own path. The recipes are delightful. Not to mention, now I want to go vist Michigan!