EPISODE · Sep 27, 2016 · 3 MIN
The Promise Kitchen: A Novel by Peggy Lampman
from Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary Women · host Gertrude Hagenes
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Promise Kitchen: A Novel Author: Peggy Lampman Narrator: Kristin Kalbli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 27, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Food, friendship, family, and a fresh start. Shelby Preston, a young single mother, is at a crossroads. She feels suffocated by her hardscrabble life in rural Georgia and dreams of becoming a professional chef. Lord knows her family could use a pot of something good. In Atlanta, Mallory Lakes is reeling from a bad breakup. The newspaper food columnist is also bracing for major changes at work that could put her job at risk. Determined to find the perfect recipe for how to reinvent herself, she gets involved in the growing farm-to-table movement. But an emotional setback threatens to derail everything she’s worked for. Shelby and Mallory couldn’t be more different. But through their shared passion for food, they form an unlikely friendship—a bond that just might be their salvation. This heartwarming and lyrical tale reminds us that family isn’t necessarily whom you’re related to—it’s whom you invite to your table. This is a new release of a previously published edition titled Simmer and Smoke; it contains twenty delightful recipes.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Promise Kitchen: A Novel Author: Peggy Lampman Narrator: Kristin Kalbli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 27, 2016 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Food, friendship, family, and a fresh start. Shelby Preston, a young single mother, is at a crossroads. She feels suffocated by her hardscrabble life in rural Georgia and dreams of becoming a professional chef. Lord knows her family could use a pot of something good. In Atlanta, Mallory Lakes is reeling from a bad breakup. The newspaper food columnist is also bracing for major changes at work that could put her job at risk. Determined to find the perfect recipe for how to reinvent herself, she gets involved in the growing farm-to-table movement. But an emotional setback threatens to derail everything she’s worked for. Shelby and Mallory couldn’t be more different. But through their shared passion for food, they form an unlikely friendship—a bond that just might be their salvation. This heartwarming and lyrical tale reminds us that family isn’t necessarily whom you’re related to—it’s whom you invite to your table. This is a new release of a previously published edition titled Simmer and Smoke; it contains twenty delightful recipes.
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