The Glass Kitchen

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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 The Glass Kitchen is a delicious novel, a tempestuous story of a woman washed up on the shores of Manhattan who discovers that a kitchen like an island can be a refuge, if only she has the courage to give in to the pull of love, the power of forgiveness, and accept the complications of what it means to be family. Best Read [ The Glass Kitchen ] Author [ Linda Francis Lee ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I initially thought this would be a nice 3 star read decent enough writing, if not great, about sisters and whatever Perfect for the summer.Well instead I got stilted, awkward dialogue and prose, as well as stock characters, and a plot that wasporn than story A thinly veiled harlequin, this novel s depiction of a woman s lust for a noncommunicative brute of a man easily set the feminist movement back a zillion decades, and all the while we have the suspension of disbelief as said woman I initially thought this would be a nice 3 star read decent enough writing, if not great, about sisters and...the glass kitchenbyLinda Francis LeeMy in a nutshell summaryPortia and her sisters Olivia and Cordelia find themselves transplanted Texans living in Manhattan.My thoughts after reading this bookOMGsome books are just fun and sweet and are filled with quirky sassy characterswho are just trying to make sense of what life has dealt them This would be Portia and probably her neighbor Ariel I will backtrack a bitPortia knows when things are going to happenshe dreams of foods an the glass kitchenbyLinda Francis LeeMy in a nutshell summaryPortia and her sisters Olivia and Cordelia find themselves transplanted Texans living in Manhattan.My thoughts after reading this bookOMGsome books are just fun and sweet and are filled with quirky sassy characterswho are just trying to make sense of what life has dealt them This would be Portia and probably her neighbor Ariel I will backtrack a bitPortia knows when things are going to happenshe dreams of foods and like magic her foods find their way to the people who need them Portia was a young Texas wife dumped by her unfaithful politician husband She has a townhouse in NYC that was left to her and her sisters by a much loved auntshe escapes to it She has no moneynone at all She starts cooking for Gabriel and his daughters Miranda and Arieltheir mother has diedthey live upstairsandshe and Gabriel can t deny the attraction they have for each other Gabriel is kind of fiercekind of closed offand Portia...Loved everything about THE GLASS KITCHEN think sassy southern Texas, meets sophisticated demanding Upper West Side, filled with love of family and sisters, epicurean delights, life s lessons of forgiveness, and second chances Delicious absolutely delectable As a child, Portia had a dream to run her grandmother s restaurant The Glass Kitchen in Texas however, after settling for a different life married to a senator which betrayed her with her best friend, and did not allow her to use Loved everything about THE GLASS KITCHEN think sassy southern Texas, meets sophisticated demanding Upper West Side, filled with love of family and sisters, epicurean delights, life s lessons of forgiveness, and se...Linda Francis Lee has written many books in many different genres and I ve read most of them I ve been eagerly waiting this book I was so jealous of all the early reviews I d seen When I was approved to read an early copy, you should ve seen my smile I read this book in under 3.5 hours I started after midnight thinking I d read a chapter before going to sleep I finished close to 4 am and was a mess the next day There are so many elements that make this story great I loved the role of fam Linda Francis Lee has written many books in many different genres and I ve read most of them I ve been eagerly waiting this book I was so jealous of all the early reviews I d seen When I was approved to read an early copy, you should ve seen my smile I read this book in under 3.5 hours I started after midnight thinking I d read a chapter before going to sleep I finished close to 4 am and was a mess the next day There are so many elements that make this story great I loved the role of family in this book Portia and her sisters have an interesting relationship They have sisterly love but they re so different from each other Gabriel is having his own family issues with his two teenage daughters I loved seeing them interact with each other I also adore how each section of the book is broken...I love books like thisfoodie books mixed with magical realism Portia has the knowing A magical gift inherited from her Grandmother, who ran The Glass Kitchen restaurant She meets Gabriel, who is widowed with 2 young daughters I enjoyed her relationship wi...I won this book from goodreads and it came at the perfect time What a great story I love the descriptions of the New York home and the whole idea of Portia s abilities with food So refreshing and just a great way to escape I loved Ariel s character as well.absolutely loved THE GLASS KITCHEN by Linda Francis Lee It is such an imperfect story Portia finds herself with her sisters in Manhattan, she is trying to put the pieces of her life back together The last thing she wants to do is cook, because for her cooking and food have a tinge of magic The thing is, the magic is in her and it needs and wants to come out I loved how the art of cooking revealed things that needed to come out in order for people to absolutely loved THE GLASS KITCHEN by Linda Francis Lee It is such an imperfect story Portia finds herself with her sisters in Manhattan, she is trying to put the pieces of her life back together The last thing she wants to do is cook, because for her cooking and food have a tinge of magic The thing is, the magic is in her and it needs and wants...I really liked this story I was lucky enough to be able to read the ARC and Im glad I did Portia, like her grandmother, has the knowing Out of the blue, she will get the urge to bake something, or make a specific meal and its always because someone needs it for whatever reason She ignored it for a few years to be the perfect politicians wife but that didnt last She moves to NY to live in 1 3 of a townhouse that her aunt left her, only to find that her sisters sold their thirds and a sin I really liked this story I was lucky enough to be able to read the ARC and Im glad I did Portia, like her grandmother, has the ...The writing s a bit clunky and there were grammar errors galore, both of which I m chalking up to the ARC and hoping they cleaned up before publishing That being said, I enjoyed this book and tore through it It s everything The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake should have been It drives me crazy when teenagers are total assholes to their parents with no repercussions, but the teenager here has natural consequences to a major event and it re..., , , , ,,, , ,, , ,, , , , ,,, , ,, , ,, , , , ,, ,, ,,, , 3

The Glass Kitchen
  • 08 May 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 384 pages
  • 0312382278
  • Linda Francis Lee
  • The Glass Kitchen