THE SECOND COURSE is a story about four friends who are trying to find their way in an ever-changing world. The story follows Billy who is a lover of food. Billy over time finds food to be less and less of a love. Then she attends a wedding and meets Ethan who is a chef. Ethan is an amazing chef who is half her age. Together they decide to start a business together and this is where things start to get interesting.
While Billy is living her new life her three best friends, Lucy, Sarah, and Lotta are back in the city. All three are hiding secrets that could tear their lives apart.
This book is full of hope, second chances, love, faith and lots of food. Killoren writes with such a lovely touch that even in the hard times you can still feel hope. The characters are so realistic that they could remind you of your own family or friends. Many say that food is the language of love and friendship, THE SECOND COURSE really stresses that love conquers all. The setting is written in a way that will make you want to go there and spend time enjoying your surroundings. This combined with a plot line that a lot of people can relate to makes this a truly memorable read.
Set between the hip and idyllic farm-to-table foodie
communities of the Hudson Valley, and the hotspots of
Brooklyn, the Hamptons, and Manhattan, The Second Course
follows four old friends struggling to find their
footing in a rapidly changing world.
Food has always been Billyβs language and her currency, but
she isnβt hungry anymoreβand itβs terrifying her. That is,
until she attends a wedding and meets chef Ethanβan
enigmatic powerhouse half her age. Billy is sure her life
will never be the same, and she's right: she soon finds
herself moving upstate to restart her culinary career with
Ethan as her business partnerβtrading New York nightlife for
hikes and foraging in the peaceful Hudson Valley.
Back in the city, her three best friends, Lucy, Sarah, and
Lotta each harbor secrets that threaten to tear their lives
apart. Tensions are rising between the four women, and it
will take one tragedyβand more than a few glasses of
wineβfor them to remember why they became friends in the
first place.
With the electrifying culinary prose of Stephanie Danlerβs
Sweetbitter and the heart of Elisabeth Eganβs A
Window Opens, The Second Course is both a treat
for the senses and an honest exploration of the shared
conflicts, deep love and loyalty that bind a group of
girlfriends together.
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