Starting from Scratch: A Novel - Couverture souple

Gilbert-Collins, Susan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1439143161 ISBN 13 : 9781439143162

Editeur : Touchstone, 2010

Synopsis

Why is someone who just defended her doctoral dissertation still wasting her time at her childhood home, two months after her mother’s funeral, making coq au vin and osso buco? Olivia Tschetter, the youngest of four high-achieving South Dakotan siblings, is not returning to “normal”—or to graduate school— quickly enough to suit her family. She wants only to bury herself in her mother’s kitchen, finding solace in their shared passion for cooking.

Threatened with grief counseling, Olivia accepts a temporary position at the local Meals on Wheels, where she stumbles upon some unfinished business from her mother’s past—and a dark family secret. Startling announcements from two siblings also challenge the family’s status quo. The last thing she needs is a deepening romantic interest in a close but platonic (she thought) friend.

But while Olivia’s mother is gone, her memory and spirit continue to engage Olivia, who finds herself daring to speak when she would never have spoken before. Told with humor and compassion, Starting from Scratch explores the shifting of family dynamics in the wake of shattering loss and the healing power of cooking.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born and raised in South Dakota, Susan Gilbert-Collins studied English at Oberlin College and holds an M.A. in English as a Second Language from the University of Minnesota. While she enjoyed teaching international students and adult immigrants, she now freelances as a technical writer in order to have more time to focus on her first love, fiction. She lives with her husband and young son in Rochester, New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Touchstone
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1439143161
• ISBN 13: 9781439143162
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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