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Overview: FIRST PLACE FICTION: 2015, Royal Dragonfly Book AwardsSILVER MEDAL: 2016, Ben Franklin Award for Best First BookSOMEONE’S COOKING IN THE KITCHEN…DESIRE IS SMOKING ON THE STOVE.1. ASSEMBLE INGREDIENTS: Shelby Preston—a young, single mother trapped in a hardscrabble life in rural Georgia—escapes her reality as she fantasizes herself a respected chef in a kitchen of gleaming stainless steel and pans shimmering with heat. Mallory Lakes—an Atlanta newspaper food writer—may lose her job, and searches for her muse in a shot glass of illusion.2. SIMMER: Mallory secures her job by crafting a zealous doppelgänger to satisfy the expectations of an illusive cyber audience. This also mollifies the memories of her lover who recently bolted; no warning. Shelby persuades her mother to take care of her daughter so she can pursue her dream of going to chef school in Atlanta. She cooks them a special dinner said to bring good luck; Lord knows her family could use a pot of something good.3. SMOKE: Chasing desires and ambitions, the women’s lives unravel down a path beyond the kitchen, then weave together in an unsettling culinary landscape of organic farms and shadowy borders—some borders not meant to be crossed. As Mallory combats her demons with booze and pills, and Shelby battles the odds stacked against her for becoming a chef, the women discover what’s really worth fighting for.10% of net proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to The Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Pages 380
Language Eng
Publisher CreateSpace
Published June 25, 2015
ISBN 25826817
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Peggy Lampman is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Peggy Lampman enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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