Helpful Score: 2
Emily and Einstein by Linda Francis Lee is one of my favorite books, I may have liked The Glass Kitchen even more. In fact, when I finished reading I wanted to start over at the beginning, just to make sure I didn't miss anything.
The Glass Kitchen is the sweet and poignant story of two young girls recovering from the loss of their mother, but it's mostly the story of twelve year old Ariel coming to terms with the accident that she believes is her fault, she also believes she's disappearing.
It's the story of Portia, whose husband left her for her best friend. Portia has the ability to know what food to make to heal the people around her, she inherited this ability from her grandmother. After her husband dumps her, she moves from Texas to New York to the garden apartment left to her by her great-aunt. Her two sisters sold their parts of the apartment to Gabriel (father of Ariel)and he wants the last section of the building.
This is a book of family, failure, success, and love. It's also a book about the healing powers of food. It is one of the best books I've read.
The Glass Kitchen is the sweet and poignant story of two young girls recovering from the loss of their mother, but it's mostly the story of twelve year old Ariel coming to terms with the accident that she believes is her fault, she also believes she's disappearing.
It's the story of Portia, whose husband left her for her best friend. Portia has the ability to know what food to make to heal the people around her, she inherited this ability from her grandmother. After her husband dumps her, she moves from Texas to New York to the garden apartment left to her by her great-aunt. Her two sisters sold their parts of the apartment to Gabriel (father of Ariel)and he wants the last section of the building.
This is a book of family, failure, success, and love. It's also a book about the healing powers of food. It is one of the best books I've read.
Aside from wishing the predictability that the love connection wasn't so predictabile this was a perfect read. The good, the bad, and the ugly of family issues in one family. A motly crew of sisters that had their own issues in another family. Both mix together in a story filled with trials. The story is laced with a magical taste of whimsy that makes it so unique you'll never be bored.This is the magical whim of this story...the "knowing". The magical power to invision foods that need to be prepared immediately for unkown reasons that soon reveal themselves. I loved the book. Adorable.
I enjoyed this book. It really flowed well and I sat up all night reading it, because I couldn't put it down.
It's a feel good, family drive me crazy, laugh out loud book.
It's a feel good, family drive me crazy, laugh out loud book.
