"Entertaining look at three generations of women"
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
author raising two children and a husband who wants her to
forget her writing foolishness. Her granddaughter thirty
something six foot plus physical specimen Jade has come
from California to stay with her grandmother. Jade's man
is in jail, but soon she learns he has some other squeeze. Shandelle's brother-in-law takes Jade to a nearby gym
because she wants to become a boxer as she once knocked
out a male mugger with one punch. At the gym her trainer
is Rueben Perry. As Jade and Rueben train together, they
fall in love. Meanwhile Rick pleads with Trudy to take
him back, Roberta adjusts to widowhood, and Shandelle
begins writing her book as they all watch Jade fight
professionally in the ring. This is an entertaining look at three generations of women
each having a different type of male relationship
problem. The story line rotates between the four females
as each has a story to tell. Though profanity is used, it
seems apropos to the situation and not used for shock
value. Readers will find THE GODDESSES OF KITCHEN AVENUE
charming and enjoyable as each one struggles with a
personal crisis. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 15, 2004
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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