Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner and served with Tikka Masala with Cauliflower and Peas and Naan.
I enjoyed this one! This is the author who wrote The Jane Austen Society and there is one cross over character featured. But, you don't need to read that first book to read this one.
It is post war London and Vivien and Grace work at Bloomsbury Books . The head of Bloomsbury has a list of rules that everyone must follow and unfortunately the women aren't permitted to move up through the ranks. One day Evie Stones comes in for a job and just happens to save the managers life. She joins the bookstore and we see change come to this old fashioned institute.
I just loved how the author had true historical literary figures in the book. We meet Daphne Du Maurier, Ellen Doubleday, Samuel Beckett, Peggy Guggenheim and others. The 3 main characters have things happening in their personal lives that run over into the bookstore. Vivian is an inspiring writer who has a tense and sometimes passionate relationship with Alec, the Head of Fiction. Grace has a husband suffering from PTSD and really challenging to live with. And Evie is searching for a lost book and builds a relationship with Ash who is from India and coping with racism in Britain.
I thought about doing a classic British dish but to be honest, I just wasn't hungry for it. They talk about tea a lot in the book. But instead I went with Indian food. There is a scene where Ash takes Evie to an Indian restaurant and she has never had Indian food and she finds the flavors so interesting.
I made Tikka Masala with Cauliflower and Peas in the Instant Pot.
Here is a link to the recipe. https://www.skinnytaste.com/instant-pot-chicken-tikka-masala-with-cauliflower-and-peas/
it turned out pretty good. I made some Naan to go with it. Haven't quite perfected the Naan. Mine seems to always be a little bit heavier then it should be.
Enjoy!
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