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Ms Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block

By Jesse Sutanto
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A butcher, a baker, a jilted homemaker... After forty years of marriage, Mebel Tanadi's husband has just announced he's leaving her for their private chef. But Mebel has the perfect plan to win him back: she'll finally learn to cook. Despite the frosty welcome from the... Read More
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A nearly divorced housewife enrolls in culinary school to win back her husband, only to start questioning the strange antics of her classmates in this new novel from the bestselling author of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.

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A butcher, a baker, a jilted homemaker...

After forty years of marriage, Mebel Tanadi's husband has just announced he's leaving her for their private chef. But Mebel has the perfect plan to win him back: she'll finally learn to cook.

Despite the frosty welcome from the much younger classmates in her culinary school - and her total lack of skills - Mebel manages to befriend the breakout star of the program, Gemma. Through their unlikely friendship, and the dicing of many, many potatoes, Mebel realises that, maybe, there's more to life than being the perfect trophy wife...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805466062

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Corvus

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Jesse Sutanto is the award-winning, USA Today bestselling author of the Aunties and Vera Wong series along with several stand-alone thrillers. She grew up shuttling back and forth between Indonesia, Singapore and Oxford, and considers all three places her home. She has a master's degree from Oxford University and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Jesse currently lives in Jakarta with her husband and two young daughters.

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