“Recipe for a Perfect Wife, the Novel INGREDIENTS 3 cups editors extraordinaire: Maya Ziv, Lara Hinchberger, Helen Smith 2 cups agent-I-couldn’t-do-this-without: Carolyn Forde (and the Transatlantic Literary Agency) 1½ cup highly skilled publishing teams: Dutton US, Penguin Random House Canada (Viking) 1 cup PR and marketing wizards: Kathleen Carter (Kathleen Carter Communications), Ruta Liormonas, Elina Vaysbeyn, Maria Whelan, Claire Zaya 1 cup women of writing coven: Marissa Stapley, Jennifer Robson, Kate Hilton, Chantel Guertin, Kerry Clare, Liz Renzetti ½ cup author-friends-who-keep-me-sane: Mary Kubica, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Amy E. Reichert, Colleen Oakley, Rachel Goodman, Hannah Mary McKinnon, Rosey Lim ½ cup friends-with-talents-I-do-not-have: Dr. Kendra Newell, Claire Tansey ¼ cup original creators of the Karma Brown Fan Club: my family and friends, including my late grandmother Miriam Christie, who inspired Miriam Claussen; my mom, who is a spectacular cook and mother; and my dad, for being the wonderful feminist he is 1 tablespoon of the inner circle: Adam and Addison, the loves of my life ½ tablespoon book bloggers, bookstagrammers, authors, and readers: including Andrea Katz, Jenny O’Regan, Pamela Klinger-Horn, Melissa Amster, Susan Peterson, Kristy Barrett, Lisa Steinke, Liz Fenton 1 teaspoon vintage cookbooks: particularly the Purity Cookbook, for the spark of inspiration 1 teaspoon loyal Labradoodle: Fred Licorice Brown, furry writing companion Dash of Google: so I could visit the 1950s without a time machine METHOD: Combine all ingredients into a Scrivener file, making sure to hit Save after each addition.”
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Karma Brown,
Recipe for a Perfect Wife
“Life wasn't meant to be played like a game of chess, moving the people you love like pawns to win the game.” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“Do you believe you're my soulmate?'His phrasing of the question throws me off. Am I understanding him right? That he isn't asking if he's mine? Just if I think I'm his?” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“I'm choosing to believe he knew we had simply lost our way, that our love wasn't the kind to disappear. Like the sun behind a cloud, it would still peek out from time to time.” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“Cute guys can be psychopaths too. -James (husband and adulterer)” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“Just remember, some things just aren't meant to be fixed.” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“If only I could've known then that you don't have to agree with your friends' choices to still be there for them.” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“...I can't let some asshole from 20 years ago ruin the rest of my life, my relationships...” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“We're drunk and hanging onto each other for dear life. I smile to myself. When had we stopped leaning on each other?” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, Your Perfect Life
“Life wasn't meant to be played like a game of chess, moving the people you love like pawns to win the game.” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“Do you believe you're my soulmate?'His phrasing of the question throws me off. Am I understanding him right? That he isn't asking if he's mine? Just if I think I'm his?” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“I'm choosing to believe he knew we had simply lost our way, that our love wasn't the kind to disappear. Like the sun behind a cloud, it would still peek out from time to time.” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“Cute guys can be psychopaths too. -James (husband and adulterer)” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“Just remember, some things just aren't meant to be fixed.” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“If only I could've known then that you don't have to agree with your friends' choices to still be there for them.” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“...I can't let some asshole from 20 years ago ruin the rest of my life, my relationships...” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
“We're drunk and hanging onto each other for dear life. I smile to myself. When had we stopped leaning on each other?” ― Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, Your Perfect Life
