Cover the Butter

Carrie Kabak's Cover The Butter is the story of one woman's coming-of-age: the twists, turns and broken relationships that brought her to that wrecked kitchen in what was once her marital home. We're introduced to her controlling and manipulative mother, Biddy; her mousy but attentive father, To......more

This was the first book written by Kabak. I was impressed with her writing style. Very descriptive and real. Although the toxic family, family angst, personal trials suffered by the main character, etc, really got to be a bit much for me, I stuck with the book. One can't help rooting for the main ch......more

This is a cheery book about a nasty mother, her daughter from pre-teen to 44, a totally dysfunctional family the daughter marries into, all taking place in England. In reading it, you want to smack the mom, shake the father and tell Katie to just find some gumption. Of course, her mother also heaps......more

Good book but where was the time travel?......more

Oof.......more