A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

THE EX-BOYFRIEND’S FAVORITE RECIPE FUNERAL COMMITTEE (DNF Book Review)

I really wanted to like The Ex-Boyfriend’s Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee. Yes, despite its unnecessarily long title. (Anyone else getting The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society flashbacks???) This Japanese novel by Saki Kawashiro (translated by Yuka Maeno) has food, it has healing, and it has community. The description of the book even reminded me my women’s fiction novel, Desserted, that I still hope to find a home for:...