TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ryan, Jennifer
TI  - The kitchen front: a novel 
SN  - 9780593158807
AV  - PS3618.Y33465 K58 2021
U1  - 813/.6 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Ballantine Books, 
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Women
KW  - Cooking
KW  - Competitions
KW  - Women household employees
KW  - Wives
KW  - Widows
KW  - Cooks
KW  - War stories
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - fast
KW  - War fiction
N2  - "From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir comes a new World War II-set story of four women on the home front competing for a spot hosting a BBC wartime cookery program and 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 putting on 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 contest presents 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 the 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 serve only to break it apart?"--
ER  -