When her husband apparently decides to run away from home, Grace Brookman copes with the upheaval by pretending to family and friends that he is still around, undertaking a life of deception as her charade becomes ever more elaborate, but clues gradually emerge that suggest that her spouse is not the man she thought he was. A first novel. Reprint.

Single Wife

Literature & Fiction

Solomon, Nina

Literary

NAL Trade

Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass: Southeast Asia's Best Recipes from Bangkok to Bali

Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass: Southeast Asia's Best Recipes from Bangkok to Bali

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

HUTTON, Wendy

Kawana, Masano

Regional & International

Periplus Editions(HK) Ltd.

A complete guide to the world's most exciting cuisine. Thai cookbook.

Charmaine Solomon's Thai Cookbook: A Complete Guide to the World's Most Exciting Cuisine

SOLOMON, CHARMAINE

Tuttle+publishing

Grace Brookman's husband is missing. He wasn't kidnapped or murdered (she's fairly certain); he just seems to have run away from home. He got up one morning, and with an offhand Gracie, I'll be back in a little while, he was gone. Laz had left before, but this time, when several weeks pass and he doesn't return, Grace copes with the situation by pretending to family and friends that he's still around. At first, Grace covers for Laz in little ways: rumpling the sheets on his side of the bed every morning for the housekeeper, turning up his favorite music so the neighbors will hear it, leaving the doorman a daily cup of coffee, just as Laz always did. Soon Grace's life is completely consumed with re-creating his life. Over time the deception takes on a life of its own as her charade becomes more elaborate and she begins lying to friends and family, even her overbearing, ever-present Upper East Side parents. Grace finds herself steeped in denial about the truth of her husband's disappearance--and the truth about him, as clues arise to suggest that he isn't the man she thought he was. In the spirit of Laura Zigman and Jennifer Weiner, Nina Solomon gives us a portrait of a young woman unraveled, who attempts to pull herself back together in the face of a most unusual crisis.

United States

Algonquin Books

<div> Grace Brookman's husband is missing. He wasn't kidnapped or murdered (she's fairly certain); he just seems to have run away from home. He got up one morning, and with an offhand "Gracie, I'll be back in a little while," he was gone. Laz had left before, but this time, when several weeks pass and he doesn't return, Grace copes with the situation by pretending to family and friends that he's still around. At first, Grace covers for Laz in little ways: rumpling the sheets on his side of the bed every morning for the housekeeper, turning up his favorite music so the neighbors will hear it, leaving the doorman a daily cup of coffee, just as Laz always did. Soon Grace's life is completely consumed with re-creating his life. Over time the deception takes on a life of its own as her charade becomes more elaborate and she begins lying to friends and family, even her overbearing, ever-present Upper East Side parents. Grace finds herself steeped in denial about the truth of her husband's disappearance--and the truth about him, as clues arise to suggest that he isn't the man she thought he was. In the spirit of Laura Zigman and Jennifer Weiner, Nina Solomon gives us a portrait of a young woman unraveled, who attempts to pull herself back together in the face of a most unusual crisis. </div>

Named a Pick of the Week for the week of January 2nd by Publishers Weekly A New York Post Required Reading Pick "Fans of Sarah Dessen and Mary Kay Andrews will enjoy this grown-up Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a story of risk, reward, loss, and love." --Booklist "Happy endings abound in this novel about the power of love and friendship." --Kirkus Reviews "A compelling mix of story lines...plenty of good banter and characterization." --Publishers Weekly "A heartwarming tale of friendship and love and a nice way to welcome a new year." --New York Post "Solomon showcased four different women and their journey to find what was either right in front of them or something that made them a better person--change for the better." --Portland Book Review "This book will definitely appeal to readers that believe that the universe gives us what we seek out." --Heroes and Heartbreakers, Women's Fiction Best Bets for January 2015 "Everybody needs to read this like, right now. You won't regret it." --Book Referees "Solomon...remind[s] readers that sometimes you really do have to be open to love before it will find you." --A New Day "I loved every step of this journey and felt privileged to be along for the ride." --Books &amp; Life "The Love Book should come with a warning: Do not begin unless you can afford to finish it--today. I could not, and did not, put it down. A contemporary Jane Austen, Nina Solomon has written a smart and funny book about what it's like to be a woman, no longer young but not yet old and still single, looking for love in all the wrong places, only to find life. I laughed out loud so often I was downright downcast when I reached the last page and had to give up the good company of these wonderful characters and go back to looking at the world through my own eyes instead of Solomon's." --Beverly Donofrio, author of Astonished: A Story of Healing and Finding Grace The latest novel in Akashic's Kaylie Jones Books imprint. It all starts when four unsuspecting women on a singles' bike trip through Normandy discover a mysterious red book about love. But did they discover it--or did the book bring them together? Magical words, spells, conjurations, and a little dose of synchronicity abound in The Love Book, an anti–rom com about the misadventures of four women who embark on a soul mate–seeking journey. Somehow The Love Book insinuates itself into their lives and has its way with them. But there is more than matchmaking afoot. The four women--Emily, Beatrice, Max, and Cathy--are each nudged, cajoled, inspired--perhaps "guided"--despite themselves, to discover love, fulfillment, and the true nature of what being a soul mate really means. While on the surface a lighthearted romp, the novel is a serious exploration of the difficulties women routinely encounter when their lives do not turn out the way society, their families, and they themselves may have planned.

The Love Book

Humor & Satire

Kaylie Jones Books

Asian markets remain the last mystery to the West ? until now. Charmaine Solomon?s Encyclopedia of Asian Food will lead you down the aisles of Asian cuisine, from Goa to Kyoto, from Myanmar to Manila, shedding light on the shapes, aromas, colours and flavours that festoon these far-flung exotic lands.

Encyclopedia of Asian Food

New Holland Pub Pty Ltd

This comprehensive reference book provides advice on buying, preparing, and storing ingredients, as well as explanations of Asian cooking techniques and guide to special utensils. More than 500 recipes, including the classic dishes of each country--are provided. 28 full-page color photos. 96 color illustrations.

Charmaine Solomon's Encyclopedia of Asian Food

Periplus Editions

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