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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Another treat from Jennifer Ryan. She is my new favorite. I really loved this, because I have always wanted a recipe for whale lard (LOL - just kidding. Yes, there's a whale lard recipe. No, I don't want it!). Actually, I enjoyed this because, as was the case in The Chilbury Ladies Choir (fabulous!), her writing is beautiful, evocative, so poignant, and moves like a dream. In The Kitchen Front, Ms. Ryan has created well-nuanced characters, and I most especially appreciate her meticulous research into this understated but critically important part of life in Britain during WWII. This is NOT a romance novel (in fact, hardly any romance at all). Instead, it's historical fiction in honor of strong women and the power and complexities of friendship. If you are sick of dark and twisted suffering in fiction, get a breath of fresh, clean air -- devoid of saccharine, but a perfect hint of sweetness just the same. Another delightful novel from Jennifer Ryan. Again the focus is rural English women during WWII. This time we learn how women coped with rationing/ cooking/ recipes / during war time. Gwendolyn’s, unhappy in a status climbing marriage, her estranged sister Audrey, a war widow with 3 boys trying to manage the old homestead and rUn a pit business, Nell, the kitchen maid from Fenley Hall who is terribly shy but an outstanding cook and Zelda, the pregnant Londoner aspiring to be a head chef all come together as competitors in the “ The Kitchen Front” broadcast cooking show. Through these 4 strong but different women, we see how women coped during rationing and how the war brought about more career possibilities for women as well as a loosening of restrictive views as we see with Zelda and her desire to work but her inability to imagine it with a child. Well written, informative, and a jolly good story. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"Dos aos despus de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Gran Bretaa siente sus prdidas: los nazis han ganado batallas, el Blitz ha destruido ciudades y los submarinos han cortado el suministro de alimentos. En un esfuerzo por ayudar a las amas de casa con el racionamiento de alimentos, el programa de radio de la BBC llamado The Kitchen Front est organizando un concurso de cocina y el gran premio es un trabajo como primera copresentadora del programa. Para cuatro mujeres, muy distintas entre s, ganar la competicin representara una oportunidad crucial para cambiar sus vidas. Para una viuda joven, supone la oportunidad de pagar las deudas de su esposo y mantener un techo sobre las cabezas de sus hijos. Para una criada de cocina, es una oportunidad de dejar la servidumbre y encontrar la libertad. Para una seora que vive en una mansin, es la oportunidad de escapar del comportamiento cada vez ms hostil de su marido rico. Y para una chef, es una oportunidad de desafiar a los hombres en la cima de su profesin. Estas cuatro mujeres lo darn todo de s, aunque tengan que romper las reglas establecidas en un tiempo convulso."--Amazon.com. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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For young widow Audrey, winning the competition could be a chance to pay off her husband’s debts and keep a roof over her children’s heads. However, her estranged sister Gwendoline is equally set on success even if her own kitchen maid, Nell, is competing against her. Then there is Zelda, a trained London-trained chef desperate to succeed in a male-dominated profession. These four women found that in order to finish the competition they will have to bend the rules. Lady Gwendoline has borrowed a french trained chef from another manor house to cook her entries. Both Nell and Zelda obtained the meat for their main courses from friends but Zelda's came from a black market source. Audrey "borrowed" some herbs from someone else's garden.
I thought the author made a wise decision to write a WWII historical novel that focused on food rationing. The book is not your typical WWII novel. We don't read anything about the progress of the war or the soldiers fighting it. It's all about the families left behind. I loved the small town English setting of this novel. I also enjoyed reading the detailed descriptions of the food and the recipes that were given. It's amazing how clever cooks were able to make food that was delicious given all the food rationing they had to deal with. Recipes are given at the end of each chapter.
Initially I disliked both Zelda and Gwendoline, particularly Gwendoline. As the story developed, their pasts were defined and I began to admire them for what they overcame in life. Audrey Landon is the most sympathetic character in the story. She is trying to raise her kids in a dilapidated house. She is only able to get by financially with a small pie making business. Her sister Gwendoline is an upper class lady with a condescending attitude and no joy. She thought that marrying well would bring her happiness but it didn't. Her husband was abusive, both mentally and physically. Zelda is a pregnant single woman who wants to be a head chef in a ritzy London restaurant. Nell Brown is a shy kitchen maid with amazing cooking skills and a wonderfully patient and kind teacher, Mrs. Quince. Both she and Quince work for Gwendoline's husband at Fenley Hall where they all live.
The Kitchen Front is an inspiring story that captured my heart. It has put author Jennifer Ryan on my radar and I plan to read her other books. ( )