About the author(s)

Mameve Medwed is also the author of Mail, Host Family, The End of an Error, and How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life (which received a 2007 Massachusetts Book Honor Award). Her stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in many publications including the Missouri Review, Redbook, the Boston Globe, Yankee, the Washington Post, and Newsday. Born in Maine, she and her husband have two sons and live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Reviews

“Don’t be deceived by Medwed’s light touch and irrepressible sense of humor... a canny writer with a distinctive voice.” - Boston Globe

“Smart, witty, and delicious.” - Anita Shreve

“...an adventure to which Jane Austen might have raised a celebratory glass of port...A whole lot of fun.” - Kirkus Reviews

“Charming and funny without being precious, Abby’s a thoroughly believable character.” - Library Journal starred review

“A novel as delicious as its title, and a wonderful antidote if you’re slightly depressed, searching for something to sink into on a snowy day or, like its heroine, have been in sweats since Friday night and it is now Sunday afternoon.” - Boston Globe

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