The Kitchen Front, Jennifer Ryan
The Kitchen Front, Jennifer Ryan
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The Kitchen Front

Author: Jennifer Ryan

Narrator: Jasmine Blackborow

Unabridged: 13 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/23/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir comes an unforgettable novel of a BBC-sponsored wartime cooking competition and the four women who enter for a chance to better their lives.

Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses: The Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio program called The Kitchen Front is holding a cooking contest—and the grand prize is a job as the program’s first-ever female co-host. For four very different women, winning the competition would present a crucial chance to change their lives.

For a young widow, it’s a chance to pay off her husband’s debts and keep a roof over her children’s heads. For a kitchen maid, it’s a chance to leave servitude and find freedom. For a lady of the manor, it’s a chance to escape her wealthy husband’s increasingly hostile behavior. And for a trained chef, it’s a chance to challenge the men at the top of her profession.

These four women are giving the competition their all—even if that sometimes means bending the rules. But with so much at stake, will the contest that aims to bring the community together only serve to break it apart?

* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains recipes from the book.

About Jennifer Ryan

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Ryan writes suspenseful contemporary romances about everyday people who do extraordinary things. Her deeply emotional love stories are filled with high stakes and higher drama, love, family, friendship, and the happily-ever-after we all hope to find.Jennifer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. When she finally leaves those fictional worlds, you’ll find her in the garden, playing in the dirt and daydreaming about people who live only in her head, until she puts them on paper.For information about her upcoming releases, sign up for her newsletter: www.jennifer-ryan.com/newsletter


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on February 12, 2023

The cooking contest and the authentic recipes tipped the scales in favor of five stars for me on this one. Although there are other home front issues, the need to feed your family good food in adequate amounts is the main focus. I loved reading about Audrey's garden and the way she talked to her bee......more

Goodreads review by Joan on February 21, 2021

The Kitchen Front is a heartwarming story of four seemingly disparate women, living in a small village during WWII. Audrey Landon, a war widow, trying to make ends meet and raise her three sons; her sister Gwendoline who seems to have the perfect life and marriage, but is hiding a terrible secret; N......more

Goodreads review by Marilyn (not getting notifications) on August 08, 2021

The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan was a feel good type of book. The characters were endearing, likable and most believable. Jennifer Ryan created strong female characters that I felt myself routing for through their various challenges. The transformation of one of the characters made a full circle......more


Quotes

“A charming tale that will satiate a lot of different tastes: historical fiction lovers, cooking competition fans, anyone who revels in girl-power lit. . . . . This story had me so hooked, I literally couldn’t put it down to cook.”—NPR

“Positively delicious . . . Ryan excel[s] at creating warmhearted, intriguing homefront drama.”—BookPage

“A delightful read.”—AARP

“A positively uplifting read that is as soothing as a warm cup of Earl Grey on a gloomy morning.”—Booklist

“[Ryan is] a master of plotting and working in different registers . . . Readers with an appetite for homefront WWII novels will find this deeply satisfying.”Publishers Weekly
 
“A creative and satiating novel. Certain to delight lovers of historical fiction and TV cooking competitions.”Kirkus