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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Secret Recipe for Second Chances
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'Lucy Muir is leaving her husband. It's complicated. They're joint owners and chefs at one of the best restaurants in town, so making a clean break is tough. But, let's face it, a woman can only take so much cheating, recipe stealing and lack of good grace.

'Despondently driving around the back streets of Woolloomooloo one night, Lucy happens upon an old, empty terrace that was once the city's hottest restaurant: Fortune. One minute she's peering through grimy windows into an abandoned space, the next she's planning a pop-up bistro.

'When Lucy fires up Fortune's old kitchen she discovers a little red recipe book that belonged to the former chef, the infamous Frankie Summers. As she cries over the ingredients for Frankie's French Onion Soup, she imagines what Fortune was like in its heyday. It's strange, Lucy can sense Frankie beside her, almost see him there ...

'This fiery chef, who lived with a passion for food and women in almost equal measure, just might help Lucy cook herself up a better life. But is she brave enough to believe?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication: For Charles and Eve Hughes in honour of the meals we shared.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2016 .
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      Extent: 328p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 22 March 2016.
      ISBN: 9780733634772, 9780733634789
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Little, Brown ,
      2017 .
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      Alternative title: The Little Cafe of Second Chances
      Extent: 336p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 2nd February 2017
      ISBN: 9780349414362
Alternative title: Przepis Na Drugą Szansę
Language: Polish
    • Warsaw,
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      Poland,
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      Eastern Europe, Europe,
      :
      W. A. B. ,
      2017 .
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      Extent: 448p.
      ISBN: 9788328047525

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  • Also large print.

Works about this Work

The Secret Recipe for Second Chances : Review Shelley Hadfield , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 May 2016; (p. 37)

— Review of The Secret Recipe for Second Chances J.D. Barrett , 2016 single work novel
'The Secret Recipe for Second Chances is also a recipe for success in women’s fiction. Sydney chef Lucy has left her lying, cheating husband Leith, who has undermined her for years, the last straw being her loss of the restaurant they created together. ...'
[Review] The Secret Recipe for Second Chances Belinda Willis , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 May 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of The Secret Recipe for Second Chances J.D. Barrett , 2016 single work novel
Ghostly Recipe Set for Success Amanda Ellis , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 April 2016; (p. 6)
[Review] The Secret Recipe for Second Chances Belinda Willis , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 May 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of The Secret Recipe for Second Chances J.D. Barrett , 2016 single work novel
The Secret Recipe for Second Chances : Review Shelley Hadfield , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 May 2016; (p. 37)

— Review of The Secret Recipe for Second Chances J.D. Barrett , 2016 single work novel
'The Secret Recipe for Second Chances is also a recipe for success in women’s fiction. Sydney chef Lucy has left her lying, cheating husband Leith, who has undermined her for years, the last straw being her loss of the restaurant they created together. ...'
Ghostly Recipe Set for Success Amanda Ellis , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 April 2016; (p. 6)
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