The Secret Poison Garden
Author | : Maureen Klovers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2018-05-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 0999494120 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780999494127 |
Rating | : 4/5 (127 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Secret Poison Garden written by Maureen Klovers and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-28 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rita Calabrese is the guardian angel of the bucolic Hudson Valley hamlet of Acorn Hollow-and of her lovable but exasperating "famiglia." She's always fortifying her down-on-their-luck neighbors with secret deliveries of home-grown vegetables and ravioli alla zucca, sneaking cannoli into her gruff husband's lunch, and meddling in (or, as she would say, "improving") the lives of her three grown children. But now, on the eve of her sixty-sixth birthday, Rita's looking for a meaningful second act-and finds as a reporter for the local paper. Her profiles of Acorn Hollow's eccentric citizens, including the soft-spoken biology teacher with a secret poison garden, soon make her the toast of the town. But when the beloved football coach is murdered and Rita's investigation uncovers not only a messy love triangle, but also rumors of her ne'er-do-well son Vinnie's involvement, she finds her newfound journalistic zeal on a collision course with her fierce maternal instinct.Humorous and zesty, "The Secret Poison Garden" includes eight mouth-watering, garden-to-table Italian-American recipes.