Dinner with Edward : a story of an unexpected friendship / Isabel Vincent.
Material type: TextPublisher: London, England : Pushkin Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2016Description: 223 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781911590187 (paperback)
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Biographies | Davis (Central) Library Biographies | Biographies | B VIN | Available | T00823409 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A charming, tender and life-affirming memoir of a journalist's unlikely bond with a 93-year-old widower.
With its delicious food, warm jazz, and stunning views of Manhattan, Edward's home was a much-needed refuge for reporter Isabel Vincent. Her recently widowed ninety-something neighbour would prepare weekly meals for her, dinners Isabel would never cook for herself - fresh oysters, juicy steak, sugar-dusted apple galette. But over long, dark evenings where they both grieved for their very different lost marriages, Isabel realised she was being offered a gift greater than crisp martinis and perfect lamb chops. As they progressed from meals a deux to full dinner parties with an eclectic New York crowd, she saw that Edward was showing her how to rediscover the joy of life. For even a shared bowl of chowder could transform loneliness and anxiety into friendship, freedom, and a pure, simple pleasure Isabel had not known she could find again.