The Way Life Should Be by Christina Baker Kline

A delicious, recipe-filled account of 33-year old Angela, a New Yorker with a stimulating, high-pressure job and a yearning for more emotional fulfillment. Her strongest bond is with her Italian immigrant grandmother, with whom she shares a love of and talent for cooking, thanks to Nonna's tutelage in the kitchen Angela's entire life.

Despite the fiery termination of her New York job, certain her life is falling into place with an online dating connection, Angela packs her car and heads for Maine to visit her soul mate. How she deals with what life in Maine throws at her, and what comes to mean to her, is the story of life itself in an imperfect world. Her love of cooking, nurtured by her grandmother, opens doors to new kinds of emotional fulfillment and a strong sense of community.

I can't wat to read other books by this author. -Micki K.