Anything to do with good food interests me immensely! This book apart from the food aspect has another good combo Sisterly relationships.
Here Ginny and Julia's one is fraught with tension. One feels that she did it all when their parents died suddenly, uprooting herself and her family to deal with the aftermath of a sudden death. The other cut herself away from everyone, building up her career not thinking deeply of the consequences of her sister's life. When one of them is faced with a crisis, she runs away to the only place she knows she will surely not be turned away - her sister's home.
Coming home to Arizona was not the homecoming Julia expected. A home which is being run as a sort of illegal restaurant, catering for exclusive diners and a sister who seems to be living on the edge - facing financial disaster as well as a disaster of a relationship between her daughter and herself. Stepping into this minefield Julia feels out of place and she has to find a way to mend fences with both her sister Ginny and try to bridge the gap between her niece and herself.
The relationship part and how the story evolves from this was the best part of the book and the story is a commonplace one where miscommunicationn and no communication results in such a lot of misery and misplaced judgements. I enjoyed the story emotional though it was.
Sent to me by Netgalley for an unbiased review, courtesy of Lake Union Publishing.
Food plus sisters?! Sounds like a winner to me!
ReplyDeleteI think I would love this. I'll have to add it to my wishlist. Thanks for the great review.
ReplyDeleteI bought this book, someone recommended it but can't remember where, so I look forward to reading it. Sisters and food is good, not sure about the miscommunication but we shall see!
ReplyDeleteMiscommunication is at the heart of so many conflicts. I do like the sound of this and am glad you enjoyed it.
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