Book description
In 'Gastronomicon', Ernest's wife is a wonderful cook, aided by
recipes from the ancient leather book - a family treasure - passed
down to her by her mother-in-law. To celebrate their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary, she undertakes to cook a very special meal - but
what are the sounds of deep pounding and tolling bells that come from
beyond the kitchen wall?
In 'The Ugly Wife' some important questions are posed: What does it
feel like to be the Ugly Sister? Will she spend her life looking for
love in vain? Or will she finally find her happily-ever-after: a man
who sees past appearances and who will love her for who she really is?
Part of the Storycuts series, these short stories were previously
published in the collection Jigs & Reels.
Joanne Harris is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted
Chocolat
(made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny
Depp) and seven other bestselling novels. Her hobbies are listed in
Who's Who
as 'mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet
subversion'. She plays bass guitar in a band first formed when she was
16, is currently studying Old Norse, and lives with her husband and
daughter in Yorkshire, about 15 miles from the place she was born.
