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After nearly a decade as a sous chef in a trendy eatery, Jenna is desperate for a change. She's supported her ex-husband's dreams for so long that she can't even remember her own. Until she sees a for-lease sign near her parents' home and envisions her very own cooking store.
Her crash course in business is aided by a street-wise store manager and Jenna's adoptive mother. But just as she's gaining a foothold in her new life, in walk her birth parents—aging hippies on a quest to reconnect with their firstborn.
Now Jenna must figure out how to reconcile the free-spirited Serenity and Tom with her traditional parents, deal with her feelings for a new love interest and decide what to do about her ex's latest outrageous request. In the end, Jenna will find that there is no perfect family, only the people we love....
Don't miss The Happiness Plan, a new novel coming from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery where three women experience hope, heartache, and the power of friendship as they search for true happiness!
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- ISBN: 9781459248915
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- ISBN: 9781459248915
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- ISBN: 9781459248915
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- English
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Library Journal
May 1, 2011
After a bad divorce, Jenna realizes she needs a change of pace, so she decides to move back to her hometown in Texas to be near her adoptive parents and open a cooking store. Life is pretty stable, until her birth parents find her and turn her world upside down. As Jenna warily gets to know her "other" family, she begins to open her heart to new possibilities, no matter in what form they come. A lovely, light family story with a touch of romance from the author of Chasing Perfect.
Copyright 2011 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Booklist
Starred review from April 15, 2011
Jennas ex-husband has not only broken her heart with his cheating ways, but hes also crushed her soul and what little faith she has left in herself as a professional chef. She leaves L.A. and heads back to her small Texas hometown, where she opens a culinary store, Grate Expectations. But with her lack of retail training and her introverted personality, she seems to be driving away as many customers as she pulls in. Flamboyant Violet, redeeming herself from a life on the street, becomes Jennas assistant, and her creativity and people sense mesh perfectly with Jennas knowledge and skill as a chef. However, just as business begins to boom, and Violet has boosted Jennas confidence enough for her to offer cooking classes, a hippie-ish couple walks into Grate Expectations claiming to be Jennas birth parents, and thats not their only secret. This poignant tale of family dynamics, the jarring impact of change, and eventual acceptance and healing is sure to please Mallerys (Straight from the Hip, 2009; Lip Service, 2009; Sunset Bay, 2009) many, devoted fans.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)
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