Bauermeister, Erica

When chef and restaurateur Lillian starts hosting a monthly cooking class on Monday nights, her eight students begin to learn about food and each other while being personally transformed by new insights and friendships as rich as the dishes they create in the kitchen.

"Emmeline lives on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won't explain are the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. One day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world-- a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination"--Adapted from dust jacket.

A guide to more than 500 books written by women, both classic and contemporary, representing a wide variety of genres, cultures, and eras.

When chef and restaurateur Lillian starts hosting a monthly cooking class on Monday nights, her eight students begin to learn about food and each other while being personally transformed by new insights and friendships as rich as the dishes they create in the kitchen.

Meeting with her five close friends to celebrate her recovery from cancer, Kate announces that she will take up white-water rafting if each of them will also do something that equally terrifies them.