Lush and visual, chock-full of delicious recipes, Roselle
Lim’s magical debut novel is about food, heritage, and
finding family in the most unexpected places.
At the news of her mother’s death, Natalie Tan returns
home. The two women hadn’t spoken since Natalie left in
anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support
her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover
the vibrant neighborhood of San Francisco’s Chinatown that
she remembers from her childhood is fading, with businesses
failing and families moving out. She’s even more surprised
to learn she has inherited her grandmother’s restaurant.
The neighborhood seer reads the restaurant’s fortune in the
leaves: Natalie must cook three recipes from her
grandmother’s cookbook to aid her struggling neighbors
before the restaurant will succeed. Unfortunately, Natalie
has no desire to help them try to turn things around—she
resents the local shopkeepers for leaving her alone to take
care of her agoraphobic mother when she was growing up. But
with the support of a surprising new friend and a budding
romance, Natalie starts to realize that maybe her neighbors
really have been there for her all along.
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