With The Glass Kitchen, Linda Francis Lee has served up a novel that is about the courage it takes to follow your heart and be yourself. A true recipe for life. Portia Cuthcart never intended to leave Texas. Her dream was to run the Glass Kitchen restaurant her grandmother built decades ago. But after a string of betrayals and the loss of her legacy, Portia is determined to start a new life with … to start a new life with her sisters in Manhattan . . . and never cook again. But when she moves into a dilapidated brownstone on the Upper West Side, she meets twelve-year-old Ariel and her widowed father Gabriel, a man with his hands full trying to raise two daughters on his own. Soon, a promise made to her sisters forces Portia back into a world of magical food and swirling emotions, where she must confront everything she has been running from. What seems so simple on the surface is anything but when long-held secrets are revealed, rivalries exposed, and the promise of new love stirs to life like chocolate mixing with cream.
The Glass Kitchen is a delicious novel, a tempestuous story of a woman washed up on the shores of Manhattan who discovers that a kitchen–like an island–can be a refuge, if only she has the courage to give in to the pull of love, the power of forgiveness, and accept the complications of what it means to be family.
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4.5 stars!! This was such an enjoyable read! I am a new fan of Linda Francis Lee and her whimsical and heart warming stories. In the Glass Kitchen the characters were all charming (except for Gabriel who was dreamily cross and beastly) and I loved them all! I loved the use of Shakespearean names to the characters. Portia and her sisters made me …
This was such a fun book to read. I bought the book on a whim because of the cover and title and I am so glad I did. I just purchased another of this author ‘s books and am looking forward to another great read.
Bought this book because it sounded interesting and the low price…. was hooked from the first page to the last… It is about 2 groups of sisters… 3 adults and 2 kids and how unknowingly they save each other while sharing some incredible meals!! I was drawn to the characters, especially the younger sisters dealing not so well with the death …
I rally enjoyed the challenges faced and how the were dealt with. Appreciated the romance without detailed intimacy. The characters were interesting and fun.
This book combines great characters and good recipes. The main character leaves her home thanks to a betrayal by her former husband. She winds up in New York in a townhouse formerly opened by her now deceased grandmother. The author throws in “knowing” where the character instinctively knows what to cook to make people or situations better, the …
It been a long time since i read it, with lots of books inbetween. But i do remember i enjoyed it.
EXCELLENT LOVED THE CHARACTERS. GREAT BOOK.
Nice story line, wonderful characters. I really enjoyed reading this!
Unique twist on girl-meets-boy. Really enjoyed it!
this book was really very well written. good character development. great relationship building. good interaction between characters. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I’ve read “The Glass Kitchen” twice, I enjoyed it that much.
A great story with complex characters, a tightly structured plot, a touch of magical realism, and a well deserved happy ending. If love to see another novel (or two) telling the stories of Portia’s sister
It is a romantic story. I gave it 3 stars because I found the portrayal of women to be stereotypical and Ilost interest in some parts of the story. I found the plot to be original and entertaining. It is relaxing and has a positive ending. Original because the author told a story about a character that has supernatural talents and her efforts to …
A great story about 3 sisters coming to terms with life and forming a strong bond.
I loved this book! Great characters, interesting plot. Would be a great movie!