The Good Plain Cook

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0220080812Ellen asks Kitty to help to turn her into the perfect wife and mother.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

0320080813Despite the help of a good book, Ellen's first foray into the kitchen doesn't go well.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

0420080814Ellen announces a forthcoming addition to the family. Then George makes an announcement.

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0520080815Ellen's lie is exposed, but this is not the only thing she is ready to confess.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

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Sian Thomas reads from Bethan Roberts's novel set in the summer of 1936, abridged by Elizabeth Burke.

Kitty, a young woman with very little domestic experience, applies for her first job as cook at Willow Cottage. The bohemian household consists of Ellen, a wealthy patron of the arts, her 11-year-old daughter Geenie and Ellen's lover George Crane, a poet who is writing a great novel.

Kitty applies for her first job as cook at the Bohemian household of Willow Cottage.

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature