Memory Press

Rose Pinner Knight, abruptly widowed and homeless, is in a quandary. Should she return to New York City in spite of the fact that she is no longer able to return to her job as an antiquarian book seller’s assistant, or remain in Britain and try to start a small business? She has an idea but will it work?

She finds a job as a last resort in the London household of a now elderly but once famous chef,...