The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue: A Novel

Four women face the turning points of their lives in a warm and wise novel about choices and second chances by the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids. A loving wife and a mother of three accomplished children, forty-six-year-old Trudy Marino has an uncomplicated lifeuntil shes blindsided by her husbands affair. But in Trudys close-knit neighborhood, shes not alone in navigating the sudden surprises in a womans life. Her neighbor Roberta has just lost her husband of sixty-two years and struggles with bittersweet memories and grief. Robertas granddaughter Jade is a divorcée who has taken up a cathartic new hobby to get over her cheating ex. And theres Shannelle, whose creative aspirations are fracturing her marriage. Then Trudy meets Angel, a sensual young man with the vulnerable heart of a poet who awakens her to invigorating new sensations. With a bracing confidence and three dear friends coming together in confusion, anger, and hope, Trudy is encouraged to take control of her life, to reflect on the choices she didnt make, and to fulfill the youthful dreams she abandoned. As a new world opens up, Trudy can only marvel at where to go from here. Revised edition: This edition of The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue includes editorial revisions. See more