Historical Fiction
Miss Eliza's English Kitchen
2021·366 pages
Victorian historical novel about Eliza Acton and assistant Ann Kirby pioneering modern cookery writing while navigating female friendship, class boundaries, and the fight for independence.
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Victorian historical novel about Eliza Acton and assistant Ann Kirby pioneering modern cookery writing while navigating female friendship, class boundaries, and the fight for independence.
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick A Country Living Best Book of Fall A Washington Post Best Feel-Good Book of the Year * One of the New York Times's Best Historical Fiction Novels of Fall In a novel perfect for fans of Hazel Gaynor's A Memory of Violets and upstairs-downstairs stories, Annabel Abbs, the award-winning author of The Joyce Girl, returns with the brilliant real-life story of Eliza Acton and her assistant as they revolutionized British cooking and cookbook...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mild romantic themes and attraction; love discussed but not central
Violence & gore
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Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation depicted
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content
Political content
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Recurring themes of class barriers, women's limited options, and independence
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Minor sexual assault; poverty, bankruptcy, and class-based hardship
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