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Cooking for Picasso
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- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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For listeners of Paula McLain, Nancy Horan, and Melanie Benjamin, this captivating novel is inspired by a little-known interlude in the artist's life.
The French Riviera, spring 1936: It's off-season in the lovely seaside village of Juan-les-Pins, where 17-year-old Ondine cooks with her mother in the kitchen of their family-owned Café Paradis. A mysterious new patron who's slipped out of Paris and is traveling under a different name has made an unusual request - to have his lunch served to him at the nearby villa he's secretly rented, where he wishes to remain incognito.
Pablo Picasso is at a momentous crossroads in his personal and professional lives - and for him, art and women are always entwined. The spirited Ondine, chafing under her family's authority and nursing a broken heart, is just beginning to discover her own talents and appetites. Her encounter with Picasso will continue to affect her life for many decades onward, as the great artist and the talented young chef both pursue their own passions and destinies.
New York, present day: Céline, a Hollywood makeup artist who's come home for the holidays, learns from her mother, Julie, that Grandmother Ondine once cooked for Picasso. Prompted by her mother's enigmatic stories and the hint of more family secrets yet to be uncovered, Céline carries out Julie's wishes and embarks on a voyage to the very town where Ondine and Picasso first met. In the lush, heady atmosphere of the Côte d'Azur, and with the help of several eccentric fellow guests attending a rigorous cooking class at her hotel, Céline discovers truths about art, culture, cuisine, and love that enable her to embrace her own future.
Featuring an array of both fictional characters and the French Riviera's most famous historical residents, set against the breathtaking scenery of the South of France, Cooking for Picasso is a touching, delectable, and wise story illuminating the powers of trust, money, art, and creativity in the choices that men and women make as they seek a path toward love, success, and joie de vivre.
"Intrigue, art, food, and deception are woven together in a tale of love and betrayal around the life and legacy of Picasso. Touching and true, this well-written narrative made me long for my mother's coq au vin and for the sun of Juan-les-Pins." - Jacques Pépin, chef, TV personality, author
Critic reviews
"A tasty blend of romance, mystery, and French cooking." (Margaret Atwood)
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By: C. W. Gortner
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In Royal Service to the Queen
- A Novel of the Queen's Governess
- By: Tessa Arlen
- Narrated by: Mhairi Morrison
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Marion Crawford can remember each of the wonderful 16 years when she was governess to the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose: included in their lives, confided in, needed, trusted, and loved. These memories will never dim, ever. In Marion's mind, she will always be their Crawfie. But things become increasingly complicated as the young royals navigate adulthood. It is May 1945, and Princess Elizabeth - the heiress presumptive to the British throne - has fallen in love, and the only member of her family who is happy for her is her governess.
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Boring
- By Maggie Terry on 08-28-23
By: Tessa Arlen
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A Strange Scottish Shore
- By: Juliana Gray
- Narrated by: Gemma Massot
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Scotland, 1906. A mysterious object discovered inside an ancient castle calls Maximilian Haywood, the new Duke of Olympia, and his fellow researcher Emmeline Truelove north to the remote Orkney Islands. No stranger to the study of anachronisms in archeological digs, Haywood is nevertheless puzzled by the artifact: a suit of clothing that, according to family legend, once belonged to a selkie who rose from the sea and married the castle's first laird. But Haywood and Truelove soon realize they're not the only ones interested in the selkie's strange hide.
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Time travel escape
- By M M on 11-07-17
By: Juliana Gray
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The House at the Edge of Night
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Banner
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Castellamare is an island far enough away from the mainland to be forgotten but not far enough to escape from the world's troubles. At the center of the island's life is a café draped with bougainvillea called the House at the Edge of Night, where the community gathers to gossip and talk. Amedeo Esposito, a foundling from Florence, finds his destiny on the island with his beautiful wife, Pina, whose fierce intelligence, grace, and unwavering love guide her every move.
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Slow, meandering history.
- By Richard Delman on 08-10-16
By: Catherine Banner
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Time After Time
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Grunwald
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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On a clear December morning in 1937, at the famous gold clock in Grand Central Terminal, Joe Reynolds, a hardworking railroad man from Queens, meets a vibrant young woman who seems mysteriously out of place. Nora Lansing is a Manhattan socialite and an aspiring artist whose flapper clothing, pearl earrings, and talk of the Roaring Twenties don’t seem to match the bleak mood of Depression-era New York. Captivated by Nora from her first electric touch, Joe despairs when he tries to walk her home and she disappears. Finding her again will become the focus of his love and his life.
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The promise of the premise wasn't met
- By J on 02-18-20
By: Lisa Grunwald
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The Spies of Shilling Lane
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer Ryan
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Mrs. Braithwaite, self-appointed queen of her English village, finds herself dethroned, despised, and dismissed following her husband’s selfish divorce petition. Never deterred, the threat of a family secret being revealed sets off hot-foot to London to find the only person she has left - her clever daughter, Betty, who took work there at the first rumbles of war. But when she arrives, Betty’s landlord, the timid Mr. Norris, informs her that Betty hasn’t been home in days - with the chaos of the bombs, there’s no telling what might have befallen her.
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Loved It!!
- By Jomo on 06-20-19
By: Jennifer Ryan
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A Fine Imitation
- A Novel
- By: Amber Brock
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Vera Bellington has beauty, pedigree, and a penthouse at The Angelus - the most coveted address on Park Avenue. But behind the sparkling social whirl, Vera is living a life of quiet desperation. Her days are an unbroken loop of empty, champagne-soaked socializing while her nights are silent and cold, spent waiting alone in her cavernous apartment for a husband who seldom comes home.
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Transporting
- By Riley Pennington on 05-08-19
By: Amber Brock
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The Sea, the Sea
- By: Iris Murdoch, Mary Kinzie - introduction
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Kimberly Farr
- Length: 21 hrs
- Unabridged
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Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years.
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Murdoch Amazes
- By Sara on 08-30-17
By: Iris Murdoch, and others
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A Net for Small Fishes
- A Novel
- By: Lucy Jago
- Narrated by: Sarah Durham
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in Lucy Jago's A Net For Small Fishes, a gripping dark novel based on the true scandal of two women determined to create their own fates in the Jacobean court.
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Sad, But True, Historical Telling
- By Vance L on 12-06-21
By: Lucy Jago
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Places We've Never Been
- By: Kasie West
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 8 hrs
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Norah Simons’s summer road trip is going to be absolutely perfect. She’s leaving California for the first time in her life. She’s interviewing at her dream college (the place for future video game animators). And she’s reconnecting with her childhood friend, Skyler Hutton—the boy who taught her to draw, the boy she’s never forgotten about after all these years. What could go wrong? Cue the RV filled with three siblings, two moms, one bathroom, and years of memories, and suddenly this trip isn’t quite the vacation Norah was hoping for.
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Kasie West does it again!!
- By Steez Fam on 06-11-22
By: Kasie West
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Fragments of Light
- By: Michele Phoenix
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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Cancer stole everything from Ceelie - her peace of mind, her self-image, perhaps even her 23-year marriage to her college sweetheart, Nate. Without the support of Darlene, her quirky elderly friend, she may not have been able to endure so much loss. So when Darlene’s own prognosis turns dire, Ceelie can’t refuse her seemingly impossible request - to find a WWII paratrooper named Cal, the father who disappeared when Darlene was an infant, leaving a lifetime of desolation in his wake.
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A beautiful heartrending story of redemption!
- By Morgan Tarpley Smith on 11-09-20
By: Michele Phoenix
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Exile Music
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer Steil
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
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As a young girl growing up in Vienna in the 1930s, Orly has an idyllic childhood filled with music. Her father plays the viola in the Philharmonic, her mother is a well-regarded opera singer, her beloved and charismatic older brother holds the neighborhood in his thrall, and most of her eccentric and wonderful extended family live nearby. Only vaguely aware of Hitler's rise or how her Jewish heritage will define her family's identity, Orly spends her days immersed in play with her best friend and upstairs neighbor, Anneliese.
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Superb!
- By Judi Forman on 09-14-20
By: Jennifer Steil
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A Day That Changed Everything
- By: Beth Moran
- Narrated by: Rose Robinson
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Amy Piper is a loser. She’s lost her confidence, her mojo and her way. But one thing she has never lost is her total love for her 13-year-old son, Joey, and for his sake she knows it’s time for a change. But first she has to be brave enough to leave the house. What she needs are friends and an adventure. And when she joins a running group of women who call themselves the Larks, she finds both. Not to mention their inspiring (and rather handsome) coach, Nathan.
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Good story
- By Cyndi on 01-22-23
By: Beth Moran
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- Susan J. Cobb
- 01-31-20
What’s not to like?
Cooking, painting, The Cote d’Azure, a mystery or two, some really good sex scenes, a fantastic narrator, and good writing. Well, maybe Picasso, but the author deals with him compassionately. Very enjoyable read.
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- Debbie
- 12-30-20
fun and easy read
Nice and light reading. I liked how it followed the lives of three ladies in different times and how they were all connected.
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- Amy Forslund-Amos
- 02-02-19
Better than I thought it would be
I order this book up because my other book ended in the middle of the night. To my delight in astonishment it is not only well written, but an enjoyable and possibly true story. I am a 55-year-old teacher and I can’t read anything with bad writing. It is a great listen.
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- Rebecca Melo
- 03-21-22
Wonderful read
I loved this book from start to finish! The reader with her French accent, the art history and fanciful story including the character that was Picasso all made this one of my favourite books I have listened to.
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- Lisa Ann Marsico
- 10-10-23
I loved it!
One of my most favorite books. I loved every minute of it and never wanted it to end.
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- Beezmommer
- 02-21-17
Movie
I hope this gets made into a movie. It would be historical and beautiful! A great story.
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- Erin Beam
- 05-08-19
wonderful story
I thoroughly enjoy the book, intriguing in the sense that it could possibly be true. I liked the developement of the characters and the narrator brought them nicely to life. I also. being an avid cook, enjoyed the detail of the creatin and presentation of the meals .
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- Anne Greer
- 04-11-23
Such a wonderful book.
I hate that it’s over! It was balanced, happy, sad, treacherous and triumphant
Couldn’t recommend it more!
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- MEF
- 04-14-24
A great Beach read
A good compelling story that keeps you on your toes, wanting to listen along with a beautiful backdrop and interesting characters
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- Leslie Merker
- 07-28-21
Cooking for Picasso
Loved this story. It was romantic and suspenseful at the same time. The ending was poignant and made me cry in happiness for Celine.
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