Рецепт ідеальної дружини

Elis Kheĭl, holovna heroïni͡a romanu, zalyshai͡e kar"i͡eru v piari, shchob staty pysʹmennyt͡sei͡u. Ale t͡se ne i͡edyni zminy u ïï z͡hytti - razom iz cholovikom vona pereïzdytʹ z Nʹi͡u-Ĭorka u tykhe peredmisti͡a. Ne vse ĭde za planom, z͡hinka bahato chasu provodytʹ u velykomu poroz͡hnʹomu budynku, ïĭ tam duz͡he nudno, a shche ïï plany ne zbihai͡utʹsi͡a z cholovikovymy. Odnoho dni͡a vona znakhodytʹ staru kulinarnu knyhu poperednʹoï hospodyni t͡sʹoho domu Nelli Merdok, i͡aka bula domohospodarkoi͡u i meshkala tut z cholovikom u 50-kh rr.<br>Okrim ret͡septiv, Elis vyi͡avli͡ai͡e v knyzi zashyfrovani pidkazky pro podruz͡hni͡e z͡hytti͡a ta pomichai͡e skhoz͡histʹ miz͡h istorii͡ei͡u t͡sii͡eï z͡hinky ta svoi͡ei͡u. T͡Se zmushui͡e ïï zasumnivatysi͡a u svoïkh stosunkakh iz cholovikom. Vona pochynai͡e kontroli͡uvaty svoi͡e z͡hytti͡a i zakhyshchatysʹ za dopomohoi͡u kilʹkokh otrymanykh z t͡sii͡eï knyz͡hky sekretiv.

Alice Hale, the main character of the novel, leaves her career in PR to become a writer. But these are not the only changes in her life – together with her husband, she moves from New York to a quiet suburb. Not everything goes according to plan, a woman spends a lot of time in a large empty house, she is very bored there, and her plans do not coincide with her husband's. One day, she finds an old cookbook by the previous owner of this house, Nellie Murdoch, who was a homemaker and lived here with her husband in the 50s.
In addition to the recipes, Alice discovers encrypted clues about family life in the book and notices similarities between this woman's story and hers. This makes her doubt her relationship with her husband. She begins to control her life and defend herself with the help of several secrets obtained from this book.