- Audio CD
- Publisher: Harper; Abridged edition (July 4 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060095636
- ISBN-13: 978-0060095635
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,302,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Alone in a chilly loft in upstate New York, ruing the end of her affair with a two-timing sculptor, Anna Catalano, the heroine of this follow-up to Gaffney's bestselling The Saving Graces, can't resist an invitation to return home to Maryland's Eastern Shore. Her aunt Rose desperately needs a manager for her restaurant, the Bella Sorella, and it has to be family, says intermediary Aunt Iris. Rose and Anna haven't actually been on speaking terms since Anna caught Rose having an affair with Anna's father while her mother was dying. Still, telling herself it's only temporary, Anna signs on for the job. A host of clangorous, adrenaline-pumping kitchen scenes follow, and anyone who's worked in the restaurant business will especially enjoy the clash between the self-taught red-sauce chef and Anna's new hire, a culinary school grad who wants to put pesto in the minestrone. But Gaffney is unaccountably less apt in charting the romance between Anna and a bird-loving lawyer-turned-photographer named Mason Winograd, who must overcome his fear of flying as Anna overcomes her fear of nesting. Their e-mails, while blessedly free of emoticons and tech talk, are too long and too similar in voice. A delicious first kiss leads to a flat full monty: "He got her undressed and then went in the bathroom and came back nude, with condoms." In contrast, the affair between Rose and the dying Theo, Mason's stepfather, is richly nuanced, as are the relationships among the many women in the cast.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Anna has felt betrayed twice in her life first by her glamorous, single Aunt Rose and now by her lover. So returning home to help Rose run the family business isn't easy, but you can bet it will lead to a happy ending. The one-day laydown bespeaks great expectations.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Better the first time around . . .,
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This review is from: Flight Lessons (Audio Cassette)
I listened to the ABRIDGED audio version of this story twice. It was much more interesting upon the first reading and didn't hold my attention all that well the 2nd time around. It tells the story of Anna, a young woman, who returns "home" reluctantly when she catches her lover in bed with another woman. Anna and her aunt were once close but betrayal and bad feelings have kept them at a distance. Anna is talked into going to work at the family restaurant and discovers new friends, a new love interest (in a reclusive, scarred man) and puts her past to rest. This is a very character oriented story with little action.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good writer, needs to ditch romance subplot ...,
By Angela Linton "Angie" (Manchester) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Flight Lessons (Mass Market Paperback)
Hmm - it's hard to know how to rate this book. The best I can say that it is very uneven - I LOVED the parts about the restaurant and the relationship between Rose and Anna, but I'm afraid that Anna's romance with Mason left me cold. It feels like something simply tacked on to give the book a romantic interest and I can't help feeling that the author didn't have her heart in writing these scenes. I skimmed over those bits in the end (especially when Mason was going on about wild birds of something) and I wish she had just concentrated on the restaurant and the relationships between the people who worked there - that was fascinating and I was constantly being amazed by the honesty and astuteness of her writing. I don't know if the publishers made her put in a love interest so the book would sell but I feel it would have actually been a great book if it had only focused on Anna's relationship with her aunt and her employees at the restaurant.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Uneven book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Flight Lessons (Mass Market Paperback)
I found the premise of this story interesting. What worked really well for me were the scenes set in the restaurant. The conflict between old and new ways of doing things rings so true, as does the competition between the self-made chef and the trained, creative one. These scenes hummed along. The challenge of a chef working in the restaurant biz and battling alcoholism was great, and real. The problem for me, was that there were too many other stories competing with the restaurant. I just never cared about Mason, probably starting with his name, which is about as unsexy as it gets....makes me think of that pudgy kid that used to do the Oscar Meyer commercials. Besides that though, we just never got to know him. The e-mails back and forth were boring, I skimmed them to get to the story, which for me was about turning around the restaurant. That's where the life and passion was, for me. Anna's so called 'romance' with Mason didn't work for me, I skimmed most of it. Also skimmed the scenes with Rose and Theo....just didn't care about them or Aunt Iris....just wanted to get back to the fun stuff.So, I whipped through this book, actually probably read about 2 thirds and skimmed the rest. Enjoyable, but lots of wasted stuff here.
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