02379cam a2200397 i 4500 623562750 TxAuBib 20210331120000.0 201116s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593395745 paperback 0593395743 paperback (OCoLC)1224586306 TOH eng rda TOH AUNTL OCLCF GL4 OCLCO BDX EQO OCLCO GRC TxAuBib rda Ryan, Jennifer, (Jennifer L.) The Kitchen Front / a novel By Jennifer Ryan. First large print edition. New York : Random House Large Print, [2021] 500 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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 holding 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 competition would present 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 a 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 only serve to break it apart? 20210331. Widows Fiction. Cooks Fiction. Cooking Competitions Fiction. Wives Fiction. Women household employees Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain Fiction. Large type book. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction. Fiction. TXKPL