Do you like to cook?

I don’t and I’m not very good at it But I love eating, so thankfully we have lots of great restaurants in the Seattle area!

However, I judged a book by its cover and assumed this was about cooking, but it’s a more emotional and deeper book, than I initially guessed. Here’s more about One Hundred Days by Alice Pung!

“Sixteen and pregnant, Karuna finds herself trapped in her mother’s Melbourne public housing apartment for one hundred days awaiting the birth of her child—and her mother’s next move in a shocking power struggle over who will raise the baby. To fill the seemingly endless hours of her imprisonment, she writes to her unborn child, determined that her baby will know the truth, no matter what happens.

Karuna’s pregnancy is the result of a heady act of independence, lust, and defiance that happened in a moment of freedom from her overprotective mother. In reaction to her daughter’s recklessness, Karuna’s mother locks her inside their apartment to her to make sure she can’t get into any more trouble. While postpartum confinement is a tradition in many cultures, is Karuna’s an act of love—or emotional abuse? As the birth approaches, Karuna and her mother repeatedly trip the fault lines between love and control. And somehow, despite their battles, Karuna recognizes her mother’s love in even the strangest of behaviors.”

Thank you @harperviabooks for this gifted copy! One Hundred Days was published on 10/17/23, you can find this on our Amazon storefront!