Recipe for Life

By: Nicky Pellegrino

Narrated by: Jane McDowell

Escape to Italy with this sumptuous story of secrets and friendships under Mediterranean skies.

A recipe for life should be a simple thing: love and happiness, family, friends and a little food. But life is rarely straightforward...

Alice wants to make the most of life - after all, she knows how fragile it can be - and knows she never feels more alive than when she's cooking.
Babetta has spent a lifetime tending the garden of her tiny house on the Italian coast, supplying food to feed a family now grown and gone.

One summer these two women are brought together in a crumbling Mediterranean villa, with the shared language of food. There, under the heat of the Italian sun, or the shade of the pomegranate tree, secrets will be spoken, fears and hopes shared. But life's lessons are not learnt easily.

©2010 Nicky Pellegrino (P)2015 Orion Publishing Group

Good, relatable content.

More depth to each story within the novel--several lives touched and intertwined. it kept me wanting to hear more.

Not my favorite

The story didn’t suck me in. However I’m looking forward to another one from this author as I really liked my first story

Enjoyable light read

A lovely light read - perfect for the summer holidays. The narrator had something of a jarring accent.

Be patient

Pellegrino takes time setting up his characters and story lines but it always includes a beautiful, detailed description to bring you right in the middle of the country.

Be patient, always an enjoyable read.

Most Unremarkable and Quite Forgettable

I was drawn to this book by a perceived unique relationship that would develop between two women separated by age and culture but united in their passion for food. I was let down. I did listen to the entire book hoping it might pull through before the end but no. Having said that, it does not contain smut or foul language and served me well as something to fall asleep to as there was no chance of missing anything important in the story. Very glad to have finished it and it reminded me of why I generally stay away from this genre.