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Description edit
After nearly a decade as a sous-chef in a trendy eatery, Jenna is desperate for a change. She's supported her ex-husband's dreams for so long that she can't even remember her own. Until she sees a for-lease sign near her parents' home and envisions her very own cooking store.
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Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters edit
- Jenna: Chef and owner of Grate Expectations cookware store
- Jenna Stevens: chef who has just moved home to Texas
- Beth Stevens: Jenna's adopted mother
- Serenity Johnson: Jenna's birth mother
- Marshall Stevens: Jenna's father
- Serenity and Atomic (Tom) Johnson: Jenna's birth parents
- Violet Green: Jenna's employee and ulimately best friend
- Dragonfly (Dragon) Johnson: Jenna's brother
- Wolfe and Jasmine Johnson: Jenna's brother and sister-in-law
- Ellington: Jenna's boyfriend
- Cliff: Violet's boyfriend
- Aaron: Jenna's ex or soon to be ex-husband.
- Kimberly: Jenna's hometown friend.
- Caitlin: Jenna's hometown friend.
- Jolene: Jenna's hometown friend.
- Robyn: Owner of the yarn store next door to Jenna's place. It is called Only Ewe. Robyn and store are from a Susan Mallery short story, Unraveled.
- Isaiah: Ellington's son.
- Virginia Heaton: Customer.
- Betty Vorse: Customer
- Erica West: Customer
- Dr. Mark: Jenna's date
- Mr. Mcallister: Violet's neighbor.
- Kayla: Jenna's college help.
- Tiffany: Jenna's college help
Quotes edit
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“"'Technically Dragon is short for Dragonfly, but he's asked us not to call him that.”
Serenity Johnson
Setting & Locations edit
Georgetown, Texas
- Grate Expectation: Name of Jenna's business
- California
- Texas
- Austin
- San Francisco
- Georgetown
- Los Angeles
- Old Town
First Sentence edit
"What do you think?
Authors & Contributors edit
- Susan Mallery (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Mira
Country: Canada
Publication Date: April 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7783-2951-0
Page Count: 358
Publisher: Mira
Country: Canada
Publication Date: April 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7783-2951-0
Page Count: 358
Awards edit
- Selected for "Georgetown Reads" program. (2011: Featured publication)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Susan Mallery: Author's website
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