title: The Arrangement: A Novel
author:  Ashley Warlick 
description: If you love historical fiction, you'll fall hard for this one. . . . Filled with food and passion, this is the perfect book to accompany a candlelit dinner. <br /><b>Bustle</b><br /><br />"The sensual adventures of food writer M.F. K. Fisher will keep the pages turning."<br /><b>Parade.com, "10 Romantic Reads for Valentine's Day"</b><br /><br />"If you occasionally partake inculinary pleasures, you'll probably enjoy digging into Ashley Warlick's novelization of beloved food writer M. F. K. Fisher's life."<br /><b><i>InStyle</i></b><br /><br />"A delight....Though <i>The Arrangement</i> is about marriage and friendship in the 1930 and 1940s, the novels story of a woman and her work is timeless."<br /><b><i>Charleston Post &amp; Courier</i></b><br /><br />"[<i>The Arrangement</i>] offers a lovely, affectionate portrait of the complicated woman who would become M.F.K. Fisher." <br /><b><i>Bookpage</i></b><br /><br />"[Warlick's] writing is smooth and elegant. The love and anguish experienced as marriages unravel is palpable and painful to the reader.<br /><b><i>Historical Novel Society</i></b><br /><br />"Stellar . . . A beautifully written treatment of love in its different forms."<br /><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review</b><br /><br />"Food writing fans may want to check out a novelization of the life of M.F.K. Fisher, focusing on . . . the more salacious personal details of the beloved food writers life."<br /><b>The Millions, "Most Anticipated Books of 2016"</b><br /><br />A ravishing depiction of the time when M.F.K. Fisher was giving herself over to her essential appetitesfor language, food and consuming passion. Ashley Warlicks prose, sharp and true as the edge of a honed blade, is a revelation. Absolutely dazzling.<br /> <b>Paula McLain, author of <i>The Paris Wife</i></b><br /><br /> Written in language both sensuous and evocative, <i>The Arrangement</i> is the story of a woman who hungers to experience everything in life. A compelling story about the costsand risksof being true to one's self, and the courage it takes to live against convention.<br /> <b>Kim Edwards, author of <i>The Memory Keepers Daughter</i></b><br /><br /> I devoured and loved every word of Ashley Warlicks audacious imagining of M.F.K. Fishers great love affair. <i>The Arrangement</i> is a powerful, enthralling, delectable thrill.<br /> <b>Kate Christensen, author of <i>The Great Man</i></b><br /><br /> A sophisticated and unapologetic tale of wayward desire that I read far too long into the night, worrying about how M.F.K. Fisher could possibly solve her excruciating dilemmaa dilemma that is at once impossible, seductive, and heartbreaking.<br /> <b>Robin Oliveira, author of <i>My Name is Mary Sutter</i></b><br /><br /> Ashley Warlick spins a beguiling tale of a complicated woman, sensuous and multi-layered as the food she chronicles.A scrumptious treat.<br /> <b>Janice Y. K. Lee, author of <i>The Expatriates</i></b><br /><br /> <i>The Arrangement</i> gives vivid voice to the complicated, fascinating, rule-breaking M.F.K. Fisher. Ashley Warlick brings the famous food writers world to life in sensual and deliciously literary detail.<br /> <b>Meg Waite Clayton, author of <i>The Wednesday Sisters</i></b><br /><br /> Warlick skillfully reveals the story of a young womans sensual and creative awakening with meticulous craft and fervent splendor.<br /> <b>J. Ryan Stradal, author of <i>Kitchens of the Great Midwest</i></b><br /><br /> Ashley Warlick brings M. F. K. Fisher to life, revealing the depths of her restless, complicated, hungry soul. This is a book to be savored.<br /> <b>Ann Mah, author of <i>The Art of French Eating</i></b>
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  The Arrangement
  
  
  
  
  
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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
  either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and
  any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is
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  Copyright © 2013 by H.M. Ward
  
  
  
  
  
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  First Edition: Jan 2013
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  CHAPTER 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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