From the beloved illustrator and author of A Nest for Celeste comes Brambleheart, a beautiful tale about nature, imagination, and how love is the greatest thing we build. With stunning black-and-white artwork, Henry Cole's animal fantasy adventure harkens back to Brian Jacques's Redwall and Avi's Po
Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship
โ Scribed by Vincent, Isabel
- Book ID
- 109305284
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 549 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781616206048
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"Over mouthwatering dinners, an odd couple --a nonagenarian and a recently divorced reporter--engage in a series of discussions, from the importance of beauty, to living after loss, to the power of love to redeem and renew, to how to make a succulent duck breast. I loved every moment of this book . . . Everyone deserves her own Edward--and everyone deserves to read this book." --Susannah Cahalan, bestselling author of Brain on Fire
When Isabel meets Edward, both are at a crossroads: he wants to follow his late wife to the grave, and she is ready to give up on love. Thinking she is merely helping out her friend, Edward's daughter--who lives far away and asked her to check in on her nonagenarian dad in New York--Isabel has no idea that the man in the kitchen baking the sublime roast chicken and light-as-air apricot souffle will end up changing her life.
As Edward and Isabel meet weekly for the glorious dinners...
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