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A novel of love that never gives up.
Story Plant
May 2010
On Sale: May 11, 2010
Featuring: Warren; Antoinette
176 pages
ISBN: 0981956866
EAN: 9780981956862
Kindle: B0054KBLHW
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
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Romance Contemporary
Joseph, a man in his late thirties, awakens disoriented
and uneasy in a place he doesn't recognize. He doesn't
know
where he is and he has no way to contact his wife. He sets
out on a journey to find his home with no sense of where
he's going and only the precious, indelible vision of the
woman he loves to guide him.
Antoinette is an elderly woman in an assisted living
facility. In recent months, her friends seem different to
her and the world seems increasingly confusing. So she
retreats inside her head. There, her body and mind haven't
betrayed her. There, she's a young newlywed with a husband
who dotes on her and an entire life of dreams to live.
There, she is truly home.
Warren, Antoinette's son, is a man in his early forties
going through the toughest year of his life. His marriage
ended, he lost his job, and in the past few months, his
mother has gone from hale to increasingly hazy. With far
too much time on his hands, he decides to try to recreate
his memories of home by attempting to cook his mother's
greatest dishes and eat them with her.
Comments
7 comments posted.
Re: The Journey Home
What a touching tribute to your father. It is unfortunate that time slips away so quietly and quickly. Once we lose our past it can never be regained.
(Rosemary Krejsa 6:59pm May 28, 2010)
My Mom, unfortunately, wasn't the greatest of cooks, but I keep my heritage alive by cooking ethnic dishes -- not only hers, but others I've learned about through Aunts. My Dad, Husband, and others have complimented me on my dishes, and never turn down one of my meals!! It's a gift I acquired through watching, listening, and following some pretty complicated recipes. Polish people like me take pride in their cooking.
(Peggy Roberson 11:23am May 29, 2010)
I know just what you mean. We always
think we'll have more time than we do.
My step mother threw away all my
mother's recipes in one of her crazy
rages and none of my siblings had
gotten any of mom's recipes before
she died (at 47, of course we had more
time). I've gotten a few of mom's
recipes from my aunts, but they just
aren't the same. I've purchased
dozens of old cookbooks trying to find
recipes that match some of my
grandmothers' dishes. I've come to
the conclusion that it is more than the
ingredients that count. There is
something personal that gets added to
the mix and there is no way to
duplicate that.
(Patricia Barraclough 1:12pm May 29, 2010)
My family share recipes. A brilliant way to keep traditions alive.
(Mary Preston 6:35pm May 29, 2010)
We share a lot of recipes in my family. I even started to put together a family cookbook.
(Brenda Rupp 7:15pm May 29, 2010)
My daughter is home for the
summer from college and her
one purpose this summer was to
get copies of recipes and make
them together so that she
could visualize them later.
And while I'm by no means an
excellent cook, we do have
certain "family" recipes.
She is doing this cookbook
both as a tribute to me and
her relatives and a gift to
the rest of the family. She
has dated the same boy since a
junior in high school and
always "cooked" him a meal at
our home about once a month.
They now get together and cook
at our house often when not in
school. They like to practice
cooking together as both want
to be able to prepare the
family meal once they are
married. They both feel that
cooking and eating together as
a family is a important part
of being a family.
(Lisa Richards 9:18pm May 29, 2010)
My Mom was a wonderful cook and I cook just like her so just about daily I think about her and have carried on things like homemade cinn rolls for christmas, My kids wake up to the smell of cinn rolls baking on that a.m just like I did. Thay is just one such memory that I want my kids to have due to thhe fact that I love them in my childhood.
(Vickie Hightower 3:04pm May 30, 2010)
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