THE KITCHEN DAUGHTER

Book ID/图书代码： 14289010B42053

English Summary/英文概要： Julie & Julia meets Jodi Picoult in this poignant and delectable novel with recipes, chronicling one woman’s journey of self-discovery at the stove.

After the unexpected death of her parents, shy and sheltered twenty-six-year-old Ginny Selvaggio, isolated by Asperger’s Syndrome, seeks comfort in family recipes. But the rich, peppery scent of her Nonna’s soup draws an unexpected visitor into the kitchen: the ghost of Nonna herself, dead for twenty years, who appears with a cryptic warning—before vanishing like steam from a cooling dish.

A haunted kitchen isn’t Ginny’s only challenge. Her domineering sister Amanda insists on selling their parents’ house in Philadelphia, the only home Ginny has ever known. As she packs up her parents’ belongings, Ginny finds evidence of family secrets she isn’t sure how to unravel. She knows how to turn milk into cheese and cream into butter, but she doesn’t know why her mother hid a letter in the bedroom chimney, or the identity of the woman in her father’s photographs. The more she learns, the more she realizes the keys to these riddles lie with the dead, and there’s only one way to get answers: cook from dead people’s recipes, raise their ghosts, and ask them.

Offering a fascinating glimpse into the unique mind of a woman struggling with Asperger’s and featuring evocative and mouth-watering descriptions of food, this lyrical novel is as delicious and joyful as a warm brownie.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 當《美味關係》Julie & Julia 碰上 Jodi Picoult 茱蒂皮考特會擦出什麼閱讀火花呢？

當Ginny Selvaggio的父母在一場意外身亡後，26歲患有亞斯伯格症候群（又稱自閉症）的她便更封閉自己，不再與他人接觸，每天只是待在廚房研究家族的食譜，希望藉此獲得慰藉，重溫昔日一家人的溫暖。但是她所料理出的菜餚中，一道濃郁及辛辣的湯品卻引來一位不速之客進了廚房，因受美味吸引而來的不是活生生的人，而是一位死於20年前，名叫Nonna的鬼魂，她突然隨著熱湯的煙霧出現，帶著一股警告的意味，試圖跟她說「不要讓她…」
Ginny有個妹妹，名叫Amanda，是家中的小霸王，父母意外身亡後，她一直想變賣父母的房子，而卻是Ginny唯一住所…Ginny在整理父母的遺物時，意外發現一些她從未聽父母提起的事，包含母親藏在臥室煙囪的信及照片中父親身旁女子，她不知道要如何解開這家族的迷團…但當她持續在廚房埋頭料理時，卻發現鬼魂Nonna似乎能透露出更多答案…(Vincent)

Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold:
German [Heyne/Diana Verlag]
Italian [Corbaccio]

Reviews:
"Magical, strong, and compelling, The Kitchen Daughter asks what is normal, how well do you know your family, and where does grief go? Jael McHenry blends seemingly unmixable ingredients into sustaining answers. I read this book in one satisfying gulp and smiled in comfort when I’d finished this distinctive, nourishing, and wise novel."---Randy Susan Meyers, author of the international bestseller, THE MURDERER’S DAUGHTERS蘭迪．蘇珊．梅爾斯，著有《謀殺犯的女兒》

"Jael McHenry’s debut is a blast of fresh air, featuring an utterly original heroine who filters her view of an unpredictable world through her love of food. A fresh premise, terrific writing, and memorable characters blended beautifully - and made me devour The Kitchen Daughter."---Sarah Pekkanen, author of SKIPPING A BEAT and THE OPPO

"For Ginny Selvaggio, the protagonist of Jael McHenry’s captivating debut novel, food is a kind of glossary and cooking provides its own magic, whether it’s summoning the dead or softening the sharp edges of a world she finds neither comfortable nor familiar. THE KITCHEN DAUGHTER is sweet and bitter-sharp, a lush feast of a novel about the links between flavor and memory, family and identity."---Carolyn Parkhurst, New York Times bestselling author

About the Author/作者介绍： Jael McHenry is a talented and enthusiastic amateur cook who lives in Philadelphia and blogs about food and cooking at the SIMMER blog, http://simmerblog.typepad.com.
She is a monthly pop culture columnist and Editor-in-Chief of Intrepid Media, online at intrepidmedia.com. Her work has appeared in publications such as the North American Review, Indiana Review, and the Graduate Review at American University, where she earned her MFA in Creative Writing.
Jael McHenry，一位對料理有天份及熱情的廚師作家，在自己的部落格「SIMMER」中常發表關於料理美食的文章。此外她也是線上媒體Intrepid Media的總編輯，作品也曾出現在許多期刊中如《北美評論》(North American Review)及《印第安那評論》(Indiana Review)等。

Format:电子手稿

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