If you’ve enjoyed novels by Dawn O’Porter in the past, then I can guarantee you will enjoy this one. It’s essentially an autobiography but it’s most like sitting in Dawn’s kitchen while she knocks up a tasty supper and rabbits on about her past, her very interesting past!

She’s had an interesting life doing many different things in a variety of countries and her stories are interspersed with recipes relating to people and events. She had a strange upbringing with the death of her mother before she was seven and time spent with her father and her uncle and aunt, Tony and Joan. It’s unsurprising that food became a kind of symbol for security and contentment.

It’s the chatty style that makes the book so rewarding. There are very few value judgements about what happened and, those that there are, are both positive and pleasant. You really get the impression of a full and enjoyed life. It’s a lovely summer holiday read!