Starting from Scratch
A Novel
$39.72
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2010
Summary
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 accept…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781439143162 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1439143161 |
| Author: | Susan Gilbert-Collins |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2010 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 135mm x 202mm |
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“What a wonderful story of familial love, loss, and the healing power of made-from-scratch food.
“What a wonderful story of familial love, loss, and the healing power of made-from-scratch food. I was completely absorbed by the lives of the Tschetter family, and I very much want to be invited to their house for dinner on a night when Olivia is cooking. Susan Gilbert-Collins has written a fantastic debut novel: warm, witty, and redemptive.” –Susan Rebecca White, author of A Soft Place to Land
About The Author
Susan Gilbert-Collins
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.
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