AFTERTASTE: A NOVEL IN FIVE COURSES
Book ID/图书代码： 14780010B38587
English Summary/英文概要： Mira should be on top of the world. In her late thirties, she is the co-owner, with her husband, of one of New York’s most successful restaurants, Grappa; lives in a dream West Village apartment; and has a beautiful baby girl. Instead, Mira, while 7 months pregnant, walks into Grappa’s back room to find an open bottle of the restaurant’s most expensive wine sitting right next to her husband and the hot, young mistress making love. Mira rips chunks of thick locks out of the mistress’s head and leaves the restaurant in handcuffs.
A cascading series of miserable events eventually sends the newly-divorced Mira back to her hometown of Pittsburgh—with baby, and lots of cash from selling Grappa to her ex, in hand.
Mira is unrevived by the gloomy town, but must learn to enjoy something, in order to survive. Slowly and charmingly, she finds reasons to love and be needed again in the world.
What could easily be a traditional and simplistic women’s novel in another author’s hands is instead an insightful and brilliant exploration of what it means to start over. Meredith Cohen is a keen observer of character and Mira is a fiercely nuanced protagonist, one who changes and grows much over the course of the novel, and one whom we intrinsically love, but whose choices we didn’t always agree with upon first meeting her.
Meredith delves into relatable experiences of single motherhood, female friendships, and life transformations deftly and gracefully. Combining a stellar narrative voice with a consistent background of food, both lovingly prepared and lovingly eaten, makes AFTERTASTE a truly salivating debut.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 她本該位列世界頂尖名流之列，丈夫的不忠使她一蹶不振
她該如何找回失去的勇氣和愛？ 一段關於愛與重生的故事
若不是丈夫的出軌，米拉本該成為世界上最風光、最有前途的社會上流名媛中之一。剛剛三十出頭的米拉和丈夫一起經營著紐約最成功的餐館『Grappa』餐廳，他們住在美麗豪華的夢幻公寓，還有一個可愛的女兒。
某天，懷有7個月身孕的米拉在餐館中無意發現丈夫正與惹火的女侍者偷情，失去理智的米拉對女侍者大打出手，這場鬧劇以米拉被員警帶走而告終。
從那天起，她的生活一落千丈。米拉與丈夫離婚後，變賣了屬於自己的經營產權，她帶著大把的現金和孩子，回到了位於匹茲堡的故鄉。一蹶不振的米拉覺得生活了無樂趣，但為了生存，她不得不重新開始學習愛和被愛……(Ruby & Chris)
Awards/获奖情况："A delicious debut."---Jamie Cat Callan, author of French Women Don’t Sleep Alone and Bonjour, Happiness!
"In Aftertaste, Meredith Mileti dishes up a smart, gripping novel rich with the right ingredients - an honest telling of love, anger, forgiveness and the binding power of food. I finished this book wonderfully satisfied and yet still wanting more, the perfect meal!"---Susan Gregg Gilmore, author of The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove
"Serving up not only delectable cuisine but magnificent prose, Meredith Mileti’s Aftertaste lingered on my tongue long after devouring the last page. Surely she is a writer destined for greatness!"---Lisa Patton, author of Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter
"Meredith Mileti’s Aftertaste is as honest, hearty, and deeply satisfying as the Italian peasant fare cooked by her heroine. A delightful debut novel about the important things in life: food, family, and love."---Ann Mah, author of Kitchen Chinese
"To say that Aftertaste is a story about food and love and resilience is like calling Anthony Bourdain a "cook." Readers are going to fall in love with Mira and Meredith Mileti."---Jo-Ann Mapson, author of Solomon’s Oak and The Owl & Moon Cafe
"Meredith Mileti’s debut novel serves up a satisfying and delicious story of rebuilding a life after everything is suddenly and cruelly taken away...a keenly observed novel that is, in part, a comedy of manners...There are scores of wonderful scenes of Mira either cooking up a storm or eating her way through Pittsburgh from the perfect biscotti at Bruno’s Bakery, to Italian sausages and cheese from The Pennsylvania Macaroni Factory to oversized sandwiches at Primanti Brothers (it’s enough to make you want to hop on the next plane to Pittsburgh)...Meredith Mileti’s debut novel is as thoughtful and poignant as it is wickedly funny. It is one to savor-recipes included." --- New York Journal of Books
Mileti’s debut will be inspiring to women in all stages of their lives and careers. The sometimes spicy and temperamental main character undergoes great changes that accurately reflect the experiences one has while recovering from major life events. With in-depth descriptions of food and gourmet cooking, not only will this novel make you salivate, but the story itself is startlingly realistic without any of the expected melodrama, making for a moving and unforgettable read. (KENSINGTON, Sep., 384 pp., $15.00) ---RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars
About the Author/作者介绍： Meredith Mileti lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and their three, mostly grown children. She is a graduate of Hamilton College and the University of Pittsburgh where she earned a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, and subsequently served on the faculty. Since taking her first home economics course in junior high, Meredith has loved to cook. An adventurous and eclectic diner, she appreciates any well-cooked meal, whether from a lobster shack in Bar Harbor, Maine, a friggitorie in Naples, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Paris or a Deluxe Double Egg & Cheese at Primanti’s in Pittsburgh. Aftertaste is her first novel.
米拉的故事在其他作者筆下，可能只會成為傳統單純的女性小說，而幸運的是，新銳作家Meredith Cohen以其獨到又深刻的見解，詮釋了一個關於愛與重生的故事。
Meredith Cohen是敏感精細的觀察者，細膩深刻地把米拉的美好、矛盾、以及其他的一切展現在讀者眼前。在她的筆下，這位單身母親的世界一覽無遺，而在坎坷和溫暖交融的故事背景，讀者有幸分享那些曾經美好且能《回味》的心靈饗宴。
Format:TRADE PAPERBACK
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