The quotes at the head of each chapter about the correct ways for wives to comport themselves were quite horrifying and I can’t be sure they are real. When Alice uncovers a more sinister, even dangerous, side to Nellie’s marriage, and has become increasingly dissatisfied with her own relationship, she begins to take control of her life and protect herself with a few secrets of her own. Soon Alice learns that while a Baked Alaska may seem harmless, Nellie’s secrets may have been anything but. As Alice cooks her way through the past, she realizes that within the pages Nellie left clues about her life. But when she finds a vintage cookbook buried in the basement, she becomes captivated by its previous owner: 1950s housewife Nellie Murdoch.
When Alice Hale leaves a career to become a writer and follows her husband to the New York suburbs, she is unaccustomed to filling her days alone in a big, empty house.
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