In this delightful, laugh-out-loud first novel, Gabe Rose, the brash Jewish waiter with a play in his pocket, is looking for his big chance. Where else to find it but at the gilded, overpriced tables of Boston's fanciest restaurant, where crooked politicians, tight Old Money, preppies, parvenus and, of course, the stars come to dine on yesterday's fish under tonight's hollandaise? Under-30 Gabe contrives to meet over-40 Cynthia Kagan, a tough, sexy playwright-director, big in feminist circles...Plot and character are pas de deux under Wood's fast-stepping, always engaging choreography, but how to explain all the sharp and colorful, emotionally honest, sometimes heart-grabbing ensemble work? Besides the fun, The Kitchen Man is about love and loyalty outside conventional categories of age, gender and body proportions, a gamey kind of You Can't Take It With You with extremely recognizable people. - Kirkus Reviews

The Kitchen Man (Pavanne Books)

Literature & Fiction

Wood, IRA

Contemporary

Pavanne

The Kitchen Man

Gabe Rose works as a waiter in an exclusive Boston restaurant in hopes of meeting a rich backer for his play

Ballantine Books

After his dreams of playing baseball in the Majors fall short and his marriage ends, David Greene returns to his small hometown on Cape Cod. There he meets the eminent professor, Gordon Stone, and his beautiful wife, Judith Silver, with whom he soon falls into a passionate affair. Into this explosive mix, a young woman appears--a single mother at the end of her emotional rope. Crystal desperately needs David. Yet caught between two women, David bears witness to a heartbreaking turn of events that seems as inevitable as the push and pull of ocean waves. . . .

Storm Tide

PIERCY, Marge

Provides important safety tips regarding being home alone and being online.

How to Stay Safe at Home and On-line (Reading Room Collection 2)

Children's Books

Computers & Technology

PowerKids Press

Explores Mexican food, providing recipes of common foods and discussing the role of food in Mexico's culture.

A Mexican Feast (Reading Room Collection 2)

History

Sharks (Powerphonics)

Animals

Learn about water in our daily lives and what happens when it gets hot or cold.

Water, Ice, and Steam (Rosen Real Readers, Upper Emergent)

Science, Nature & How It Works

Rosen Pub. Group

Describes the importance of Fort Sumter in the Civil Warand the role it played in one of the first battles of the war.

Fort Sumter: Where the Civil War Began

This book gets kids excited about washing up after playtime.

Let's Wash Up (Real Readers - Upper Emergent)

Growing Up & Facts of Life