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The Arctic Curry Club: An absolutely unputdownable feel-good novel you need right now Kindle Edition

by Dani Redd (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 534 ratings
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It’s possible to find home in the most unexpected places…

Soon after upending her life to accompany her boyfriend Ryan to the Arctic, Maya realises it’s not all Northern Lights and husky sleigh rides. Instead, she’s facing sub-zero temperatures, 24-hour darkness, crippling anxiety – and a distant boyfriend as a result.

In her loneliest moment, Maya opens her late mother’s recipe book and cooks Indian food for the first time. Through this, her confidence unexpectedly grows – she makes friends, secures a job as a chef, and life in the Arctic no longer freezes her with fear.

But there’s a cost: the aromatic cuisine rekindles memories of her enigmatic mother and her childhood in Bangalore. Can Maya face the past and forge a future for herself in this new town? After all, there’s now high demand for a Curry Club in the Arctic, and just one person with the know-how to run it…

A tender and uplifting story about family, community, and finding where you truly belong – guaranteed to warm your heart despite the icy setting!

Readers are loving The Arctic Curry Club:

‘I absolutely loved this and read it in one sitting… absolutely perfect… cozy, escapist, and comforting… kept me hooked… a fabulous book club pick.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Absolutely fabulous! Loved… truly amazing.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Yes, yes, yes, and more yes… you never want to stop reading.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Like the most delicious, intricate curry you’ve ever tasted. You can’t help yourself for seconds…thirds…or, in my case, staying up until the wee hours to finish. Highly, highly recommended.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I ADORED this book!… I hope there's a sequel!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I loved this… warm and delicious… will pick you up and take you away!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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‘This unusual book was a real highlight in my festive reading this year’ My Weekly

‘Perfect for cold winter nights’ Hello

‘A heartwarming read for those long winter nights’ OK!

‘A heartwarming read for those long winter nights’ S Mag

‘An uplifting story’ Bella

‘A heartwarming story’ Fabulous

‘The perfect winter read’ My London

‘Sit back and snuggle down for just over 10 hours of warm, feel-good audio all about belonging’ The Sunday Post

‘A really different Christmas read’ Bishops Stortford Independent

About the Author

Dani Redd has an MA in Creative Writing and a PhD in Creative and Critical writing from the University of East Anglia. She studied representations of islands in postcolonial and feminist fiction.

Upon finishing her PhD, Dani spent two years living in India and working as a freelance travel writer. She has now returned to Norwich, and works as the editor for Great British Food (a wonderful job that allows her to read recipes all day).

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B094HN5D3T
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avon (December 9, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 9, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1062 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 377 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0008469113
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 534 ratings

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Dani Redd is the debut author of The Arctic Curry Club, which was longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Prize. She has an MA and PhD in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. This involved research trips to some of Europe’s remoter islands, including Spitsbergen, in the Arctic Circle. After this, she spent two years living in India. She now lives in Norwich with her husband, and is working as a food editor while writing that tricky second novel.

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Angela Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just chick lit
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2023
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The cover of the Arctic Curry Club seems to indicate a light chick lit novel, but it is more than that. This book covers the difficulties of relationships when two people are mismatched, far apart, or same sex, and it also covers love and devotion between those same relationships, as well as family trauma and mental health.

The author also educates readers on the trials and jubilation of living in one of the coldest places on Earth. The cooking, food, and expenses of being a chef there were interesting too.

Most of all, she shows that people often discover strengths that they aren’t aware they have when facing difficult situations.

I flew through this book and was disappointed that the author doesn’t have a second book yet. I will buy it when it’s published. I hope that’s soon.
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Judy Davies
4.0 out of 5 stars Good reading!
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2022
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I totally enjoyed reading about and visualizing the Arctic...living there in the dark freezing weather, activities there for tourists who could take it, etc., an environment I had known little about.
It was enjoyable seeing Maya conquer her intense anxiety and depression disorder to become a very capable and successful woman.
Although the desciption of the exotic recipes became a bit exhausting at times, I did learn a lot ...as one who eats pretty bland, yet healthy foods.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Warning: May cause Indian food craving
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2022
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I couldn't put this novel down. Maya moves to the Arctic with her boyfriend who is studying polar bears. She has high anxiety and is always thinking about the worst outcomes. However Maya finds herself in the Arctic when she starts the Arctic Curry Club. A delightful read!
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Harriet B. Granfield
5.0 out of 5 stars very surprised
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2022
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From the cover of the book and the title, I expected a rom-com of sorts. That was not what this book ended up being. The further I got into it, though, the more attracted I became to the actual story. I ended up very pleasantly surprised.
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Tina Loves to Read
3.0 out of 5 stars Women's Fiction
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2021
This is a Women's Fiction with a lot about mental health. Most the market on this book says it is a romance, and that is what I was thinking it would be when I picked this book up. This is not a romance, and this is not a cute fun book. This is a hard hitting book where you follow a woman named Maya who is suffer from Anxiety, depression, memory loss and panic attacks. I have to say that the first half of this book was not fun to read and super hard to get through. The first half of this book was depressing to read because how down the character you are follow was. The second half was much better, and I felt I got to how the character more through the second half of the book. There was not a romance in this book, but the was a journey of overcoming through out this book. I felt this book showed how hard it is to live in Arctic is. I listen to the audiobook of this book. I did not love the narrator of this book. The narrator did not stop me for finishing this book. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.
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Rebecca A. Rose
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice! (trigger warnings in review)
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2022
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Trigger warnings for anxiety, panic attacks, addiction, and suicide)

This is a lovely book, trigger warnings included. It makes me long for Indian food and a trip to the arctic! There are some very heavy issues but they are well written. As someone who suffers from anxiety and panic attacks, I found much to relate to here.
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Kevin G. Bowler
5.0 out of 5 stars Cold and hot at the same time
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2022
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A wonderful read that encapsulated mental health with the normal man and women issues. But over all a wonderful story.
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Francine Wing
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2022
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Just took a chance on this book mainly because of the title! Turned out to be a wonderful story and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Hope you will give it a try.
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Leyla Miriam
5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic, empowering story about a badass lady's life with many layers
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2023
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I loved this book. I really did. I was looking for a light read and the story sounded quirky and entertaining yet touched upon so many struggles that are often swept under the rug or simply portraited in a rather flat, superficial way especially in (romantic) fictional writing. Not on Dani Redd's watch! Her main character is three-dimensional and authentic with real-life flaws and strengths. I also found the novel empowering as a woman because the female lead character learns from her mistakes of repeatedly following a guy on his path and instead of doing it again and then miraculously experiencing her romantic happy ending that we've read way too many times, she forges her own path to a happily ever after through self-actualisation.
Loved it. Entertaining read, light, easy yet profound. Thanks!
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gudrun
5.0 out of 5 stars Tolles, wirklich herzerwärmendes Buch
Reviewed in Germany on December 20, 2021
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Ich habe dieses Buch verschlungen - die Beschreibung von Spitzbergen und dem Leben dort im Winter; von der Zubereitung der indischen Gerichte, so gut beschrieben dass ich Magenknurren bekommen habe; von der Gefühlswelt der Protagonistin; und schliesslich die lebensbejahende Geschichte und der Schreibstil selber - wirklich toll. Das Einzige, was ich ein ganz klein wenig unwahrscheinlich fand (aber wahrscheinlich, weil ich selber nie die Erfahrung gemacht habe), war die genaue Beschreibung der Erinnerungen, die vom Essen der Gerichte ausgelöst wurde. Aber da mir das Buch insgesamt sehr gut gefallen hat, ziehe ich keinen Stern ab. Ich werde definitiv weitere Bücher der Autorin lesen, sollte sie es geben.
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JenMedBookLover
4.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful, emotion filled story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2022
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I love this cover. It suits the book. I just mean that if you came here expecting girl to meet boy (she does) and for them all to live happily ever after (they seem to, after a fashion) it's not going to be the traditional kind of story that you find yourself reading. In fact, the book goes well beyond girl meets boy as girl actually follows boy north to a remote posting in Svalbard - effectively relocating to the Arctic, hence the name of the book. How's about that for commitment? But as you'd expect with that kind of commitment, that level of sacrifice, not. everything is set to go smoothly. That's certainly not the case for Dani Redd's protagonist, Maya, who finds life in a country that suffers from the most extreme winters coupled with near perpetual darkness isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Her partner loves it, Maya less so ...

This book takes us beyond the romance, or lack thereof, and the mere geography of Svalbard, and invites us into the life of Maya, a young woman who is far more troubled and uncertain than the act of willingly uprooting her life might suggest. There were times in the early part of the book that I just wanted to shake her and shout 'what did you expect' but then the more I got to know of her, the more I understood what was driving her decisions and her uncertainty. I could definitely appreciate the struggle with the constant darkness and cold because I get fed up of having only eight hours of daylight in the winter. Imagine the thought of having effectively none. The toll that will take. Combine it with a troubled personal relationship - two people who look set to be on very different paths - and the scene is set for a story which is far more a voyage of discovery for Maya's in terms of her own hopes and dreams than it is a romantic story. In fact, most of it is anything but romantic no matter what visions you might have of dog sledding and log fires.

I love the way in which the author has explored all of Maya's many complicated relationships, from her boyfriend, to her father, from old friends from a lifetime ago, through to new friends made in Svalbard. It is a complex and multi-layered story that is packed with emotion and delves into some very challenging and complex subjects, such as mental health, in a very sensitive way. Watching Maya trying to regain her childhood memories, snippets of another life in which she is still with her mother, times when she can remember being happy, come as bittersweet scenes in the book. Her memories are triggered by a fragrance, a taste, and each one tears away another protective layer leaving a mixture of joy and, occasionally pain. There are many secrets to be uncovered, many dark moments that stem from far beyond the constant night of the Arctic in winter. It is a story that will toy with all your senses and running through the highs and lows of Maya's journey really brought forth a gamut of emotions.

It also made me very hungry. As the title would suggest, this book involves food. In fact it is often food that facilitates the more emotional memories and scenes in the book. Discovering traditional Indian recipes that used to be made by her mother, and bringing to them a cleverly arctic twist, Maya attempts to set up a remote 'curry club' a chance to build revenue for her employers, but also a chance to connect to the mother she can barely remember. It made me very hungry, curry being one of my favourite foods. I'm not sure some of the Svalbard ingredient substitutes would entirely be up my street, but I'm definitely curious about the recipes, and rather handily, you can pick one of them up with the. audiobook at the very least. Speaking of the audiobook, I really enjoyed the pacing and the narration, bringing Maya's neurosis, depression and moments of discovery to life.

An emotional story of family, friendships, dark secrets, new beginnings and with a true sense of community wrapped in the need to belong, this is a beautiful story that kept my attention to the very last page. Did Maya get her man? Well, she's not a Mountie so nothing was guaranteed, but in the end, romance aside, I think she found something far more important and I found a new and intriguing author I'm looking forward to reading more from.
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blackbirdreads
5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2023
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A story that will linger with you long after you have put the book down.
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SoozBuch
5.0 out of 5 stars fabulous and exotic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2022
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I’ve always liked books set in exotic places and you can’t really get more far-flung than the Arctic. And the food... Indian and fusion. I find myself wanting to try to make some of the dishes, although I may struggle for seal ribs!
It also dealt with some serious issues and sensitively. But mostly it was a humorous travel romance with lots of friendship too. Loved it.
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