The Kitchen Daughter
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Seeking comfort in traditional family culinary practices after the early deaths of her parents, twenty-six-year-old Asperger's patient Ginny struggles with her domineering sister's decision to sell the house, troubling secrets, and the ghost of a dead ancestor.
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The Best! submitted by sbaccouc on August 14, 2011, 4:58am This book was the best, and I wish I had more time to copy the recipes inside it! Loved it!!
Richly descriptive, intriguing premise
submitted by terpsichore17 on July 10, 2018, 2:32pm
Adroit handling of an interesting premise. Very rich descriptions of food preparation, which delighted me even more than Ginny having learned all the words of a dictionary page together. Ginny's ability to summon up ghosts by preparing handwritten recipes reads as somewhat less mysterious than her own faculties/ personality/ neurological status/ what you will. Setting it against the backdrop of grief, with all related feelings and sororal friction, gives the story some urgency.
Kind of like Lars and the Real Girl, but with cooking instead of a life-sized doll. Sort of like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, but with a closer-to-life quality. Relationships somewhat reminiscent of The Elegance of the Hedgehog.
PUBLISHED
New York : Gallery Books, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 272 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781439191699
1439191697
SUBJECTS
Autism spectrum disorders.
Sisters -- Fiction.