The Good Plain Cook
2008
First Published
2.87
Average Rating
336
Number of Pages
"Vividly drawn and affecting . . . fine touches of subtlety and humour."— Financial Times "Delicious . . . gorgeously written, full of teasing observations about love, class and cookery."— The Times (London) "Bethan Roberts is a fearless writer."—Louise Welsh When local girl Kitty Allen answers an advertisement looking for a "good plain cook," she has no idea what she's getting herself into. As the temperature rises through the long, hot summer, the dream begins to fall apart. Loosely based on a summer in the life of Peggy Guggenheim, The Good Plain Cook is beautifully written, gently funny, and genuinely touching. Bethan Roberts lives in Brighton in the south of England. Her debut novel The Pools was critically acclaimed.
Avg Rating
2.87
Number of Ratings
174
5 STARS
7%
4 STARS
17%
3 STARS
37%
2 STARS
33%
1 STARS
6%
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Author
Bethan Roberts
Author · 6 books
Bethan Roberts was born in Abingdon. Her first novel 'The Pools' was published in 2007 and won a Jerwood/Arvon Young Writers’ Award. Her second novel 'The Good Plain Cook', published in 2008, was serialized on BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime and was chosen as one of Time Out’s books of the year. 'My Policeman' was published by Chatto and Windus in February 2012 and was selected as that year's City Read for Brighton. Her latest novel, 'Mother Island', is longlisted for the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. She also writes short stories (in 2006 she was awarded the Olive Cook short story prize by the Society of Authors) and drama for BBC Radio 4. Bethan has worked as a television documentary researcher, writer and assistant producer, and has taught Creative Writing at Chichester University and Goldsmiths College, London. She lives in Brighton with her family.
