When in Doubt, Add Butter (Hardcover) by Beth Harbison

9780312599096. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 338. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 338 p. Gemma Craig has spent her career as a private chef taking care of other people. From Lex, the fussy department store owner straight out of a movie from the thirties; to grossly overweight Willa, who must radically change her eating habits or die; to the strange Oleksei family, with a constant parade of mysterious people coming and going; to the hideously demanding Angela who is "allergic to everything" and foists her tastes on her hapless family; to the man Gemma thinks of only as "Mr. Tuesday" because they've never met. Everyone relies on Gemma, even while she goes home alone each night and feasts on cereal and quick meals. But when life takes an unexpected turn on a road Gemma always thought was straight and narrow, she must face her past and learn to move on in ways she never imagined.