


Can Alice be the perfect housewife like Nellie?

She loses herself by attempting to make meals from old-fashioned tried and true recipes, learning how to garden, and dabbling in updating her wardrobe with vintage pieces. Alice decides to view Nellie as an inspiration. As she reads personal letters Nellie penned to her mother decades ago, Alice soon recognizes that her life isn’t technically that different from the woman who lives to keep her husband happy while maintaining an organized home. In the current timeline, Alice is fascinated by the previous home owner’s day-to-day activities. In “Recipe for a Perfect Wife,” author Karma Brown uses the antiquated beliefs of the past to encourage a modern-day woman to look at her marriage and life in a new perspective. While trying to fill the time, she finds entertainment in an old stack of letters penned by the woman who once lived under the same roof in the 1950s. Her next novel, WHAT WILD WOMEN DO, will be released in November 2023.“Recipe for a Perfect Wife,” Dutton, by Karma BrownĪlthough she agreed when her husband suggested they move to the suburbs, Alice is feeling out of sorts with her new slow-paced life. Karma lives just outside Toronto with her husband, daughter, and a labradoodle named Fred. In addition to her books, Karma's writing has appeared in publications such as Redbook, SELF, and Chatelaine. She has also written the non-fiction bestseller THE 4% FIX, and has co-authored two holiday rom-coms under the pen name Maggie Knox. KARMA BROWN is a Canadian award-winning journalist, speaker, and the #1 bestselling author of seven novels, including RECIPE FOR A PERFECT WIFE. Her next novel, WHAT WILD WOMEN DO, will be released in November 2023.

