An extraordinary portrait of love and marriage "They say there is no such thing as a perfect marriage, but of course there is. A perfect marriage is where two people live together for most of their lives until death separates them. What there is no such thing as is an easy marriage. And when it comes to love, people have somehow come around to equating love with ease".
New York food writer Tressa returns from honeymoon worried that she has married her impossibly handsome new husband Dan out of late-thirties panic instead of love. In 1930's Ireland, her grandmother, Bernardine, is married off to the local schoolteacher after her family are unable to raise a dowry for her to marry her true love, Michael. During the first year of her marriage, Tressa distracts herself from her stay-or-go dilemma by working on her grandmother's recipes, searching for solace and answers through their preparation. Through the stories of these two women, RECIPES FOR A PERFECT MARRIAGE, challenges the modern ideal of romantic love as a given and ponders whether true love can really be learned.
I was recommend this book by a fellow book club member and I have to say I loved it .... It turned out to be an insightful and a deep book about the true meaning of marriage ...
You will love the two main characters both women and find yourself viewing your own marriage. I love that there are recipes at the beginning of each chapter and then interweaves these recipes into the story ... And I love that it is set in Ireland where I grew up and takes me back to spending time with my grandmother cooking ... And how cooking is and was a big part of family life ...
It shows that even though we are different stages of life in marriage we can each learn from each other ...
This wee book is just a pleasure to read and one that I will read again ... It is not just an average read ...
I rate this book 5*****
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