When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading “Go to Paris.” Stella is hardly cut out for adventure, but she resigns herself to honoring her mother’s last wishes. Alone in a foreign city, Stella ends up living as a “tumbleweed” at famed bookstore Shakespeare & Company, uncovers a hundred-year-old mystery in a Manet painting, and discovers a passion for food that may be connected to her past…
The New York Times bestseller, written by a former reporter for ABC News, that People magazine called “a transporting, enlightening book” tells the story of Kamila Sidiqi, a fearless young entrepreneur who brought hope to the lives of dozens of women in war-torn Afghanistan. This is a story of war, but it is also a story of sisterhood and resilience in the face of despair.
Goldy Bear is a bright, opinionated, wildly inventive caterer whose personal life is a recipe for disaster. Determined to take control, Goldy moves her business to the ritzy Aspen Meadow Country Club where she meets the handsome Philip Miller shortly before his untimely death. Convinced that Philip’s bizarre death was no accident, it’s up to Goldy to solve the case…
