Cooking with bones
By: Jess Richards
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781471350603
Subjects: Cooking; Shapeshifting; Secrecy; Sisters; Village life; Genetic engineering; Fiction
Description: "Two sisters, fleeing the city of Paradon, find their way to a village by the sea, where Old Kelp's cottage - and her recipe book - await them. Amber feels this is where she finally belongs, baking honey cakes each night for the villagers to collect in the morning, using a set of bone spoons that allow her to add truth, lust and confusion to her pies and puddings. Her little sister Maya is a formwanderer, engineered to reflect the wants of others. All her life she has been like a twin to Amber, but now Amber has changed her mind, and wants Maya to learn how to be herself. Kip, a child growing up amongst the songs and stories of the village, delivers Amber's ingredients. When an act of terrible violence stirs and sets free the secrets of a generation, only one of these three can reveal the truth ..."--Back cover.
Notes: Originally published: London: Sceptre.