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"Entertaining look at three generations of women"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 15, 2004
In Pueblo, Colorado after two decades of marriage, forty-
six years old Trudy just separated from her husband Rick,
who has a younger model. Her next door neighbor Roberta
Williams just lost her spouse Edgar of over six decades as
he recently died. Another neighbor Shandelle is a wannabe Read more...
"Wonderful, moving story of four women meeting challenges in varying life-stages."
Reviewed by Morgan Chilson
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 1, 2004
This story of four women will touch the life of anyone who
reads it. Each woman is meeting the challenges of a
particular life-stage, and you'll be entranced and moved to
tears by their struggles and joys.
Trudy finds herself alone after years of marriage to her
husband, who leaves Read more...
SummaryStruggling to pick up the pieces after her marriage falls
apart, Trudy Marino finds support from a quirky, eclectic
group of friends—her goddesses of Kitchen Avenue.
There's Jade, a fiery social worker who's finding
unexpected strength to deal with her "player" ex-husband;
Jade's grandmother, Roberta, who has just lost her husband
of sixty-two years—and through memory and grief
wonders what to do with the rest of her life; Shannelle,
an aspiring writer, determined to realize her talent
despite formidable obstacles; and Angel, a young, quietly
knowing photographer who makes Trudy uncover a sensuality
she never knew—even as he tries to get over the one
love he can never really forget.
When Trudy weighs what she and her husband still share
against new possibilities, she'll surprise
everyone—including herself—as she tries to
reconcile the best of both.
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