-Cover the Butteris a compassionate and deeply moving debut that proves starting over has nothing to do with age and everything to do with spirit-With equal measures of wisdom, wit and compassion, Kabak takes the reader on an emotional journey across London, Wales, Ireland and Provence, in a deeply moving and richly satisfying debut about mothers and daughters and what it really means to be a grown up in your own right-Carrie Kabak, a former children's book illustrator, was born and raised in Britain, and now lives in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband and five sons
The year is 1965, and Kate Cadogan has just got her first bra, and corset. From her first crush, local bad boy Barry Finch, through to her scandalous period of 'living in sin' during her years at teacher training college, right up to her passionless marriage to Rodney, Kate seems to have a talent for picking the wrong men.
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-Cover the Butteris a compassionate and deeply moving debut that proves starting over has nothing to do with age and everything to do with spirit-With equal measures of wisdom, wit and compassion, Kabak takes the reader on an emotional journey across London, Wales, Ireland and Provence, in a deeply moving and richly satisfying debut about mothers and daughters and what it really means to be a grown up in your own right-Carrie Kabak, a former children's book illustrator, was born and raised in Britain, and now lives in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband and five sons
The year is 1965, and Kate Cadogan has just got her first bra, and corset. From her first crush, local bad boy Barry Finch, through to her scandalous period of 'living in sin' during her years at teacher training college, right up to her passionless marriage to Rodney, Kate seems to have a talent for picking the wrong men.
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The year is 1965, and Kate Cadogan has just got her first bra and corset. It's a watershed moment, even if she hates the way the girdle chafes the tops of her thighs, and even though what she really wanted was a polka-dot shift dress with a cool Peter Pan collar. Undaunted, Kate jumps headfirst into the thrills and heartaches of her teenage years, albeit under the watchful eye of her mother, Biddy, a woman so repressed and controlling she gives new meaning to the word 'matriarch'. From her first crush, local bad boy Barry Finch, through to her scandalous period of 'living in sin' during her years at teacher training college, right up to her passionless marriage to Rodney, Kate seems to have a talent for picking the wrong men. Ultimately seeking Biddy's approval in everything she does, Kate finds the parameters of her life shrinking before her eyes, and feels powerless to stop it. Fortunately, her lifelong friends, Moira and Ingrid, are on hand, giving her more support than a foundation garment ever could, helping her to realise that she can create a life for herself, and that starting over has no age limit.
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“Wonderful! A tour de force, written with depth and insight, Cover the Butter is funny, poignant, and page-turningly original.”
- Katie Fforde
...some of the most well rounded characters that I have come across in a long time. - BOOK PLEASURESKabak's...way of encapsulating decades in a few swift strokes, take this tale beyond the standard middle-age revenge formula. - KIRKUS REVIEWAbout the Author
Carrie Kabak, a former children's book illustrator, was born and raised in Britain, and now lives in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband and five sons. For more information about Carrie Kabak,
The year is 1965, and Kate Cadogan has just got her first bra and corset. It's a watershed moment, even if she hates the way the girdle chafes the tops of her thighs, and even though what she really wanted was a polka-dot shift dress with a cool Peter Pan collar. Undaunted, Kate jumps headfirst into the thrills and heartaches of her teenage years, albeit under the watchful eye of her mother, Biddy, a woman so repressed and controlling she gives new meaning to the word 'matriarch'. From her first crush, local bad boy Barry Finch, through to her scandalous period of 'living in sin' during her years at teacher training college, right up to her passionless marriage to Rodney, Kate seems to have a talent for picking the wrong men. Ultimately seeking Biddy's approval in everything she does, Kate finds the parameters of her life shrinking before her eyes, and feels powerless to stop it. Fortunately, her lifelong friends, Moira and Ingrid, are on hand, giving her more support than a foundation garment ever could, helping her to realise that she can create a life for herself, and that starting over has no age limit.
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