Three sisters move from Texas to New York City to open a restaurant in this novel about food, family, and finding true love from the author of Emily & Einstein.
Portia Cuthcart never intended to leave Texas. Her dream was to run the Glass Kitchen restaurant her grandmother built decades ago. But after a string of betrayals and the loss of her legacy, Portia is determined to start a new life with her sisters in Manhattan…and never cook again. But when she moves into a dilapidated brownstone on the Upper West Side, she meets twelve-year-old Ariel and her widowed father Gabriel, a man with his hands full trying to raise two daughters on his own. Soon, a promise made to her sisters forces Portia back into a world of magical food and swirling emotions, where she must confront everything she has been running from. What seems so simple on the surface is anything but when long-held secrets are revealed, rivalries exposed, and the promise of new love stirs to life like chocolate mixing with cream.
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“Laced
with Southern charm and a hint of magic, this story of love, family, and food
is an auditory feast. Julia Whelan’s rich, mellow voice is a perfect pairing
for Portia Cuthcart, one of three close-knit Texas sisters. Portia is the one
born with ‘the knowing’—the ability to bake or cook the perfect dish
or meal that will foretell something that is about to happen. Whelan gives each
of the sisters a distinctive and recognizable accent that is especially
effective in the sweet but biting Cordelia. And she infuses Portia with enough
moxie that she isn’t overpowered by the hunky but aloof Gabriel Kane. As the
gruff-voiced ‘Gram,’ Whelan also hits the mark. This book makes you
laugh out loud and comforts the soul.
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AudioFiel