NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠From the National Book Awardâwinning author of Three Junes comes the story of Greenie Duquette, who lavishes most of her passionate energy on her Greenwich Village bakery and her young sonâuntil she makes an impulsive decision that will change the course of several lives around her.
Greenie's husband, Alan, seems to have fallen into a midlife depression, while Walter, her closest professional ally, is nursing a broken heart. At Walterâs restaurant, the visiting governor of New Mexico tastes Greenieâs coconut cake and decides to woo her away to be his chef. For reasons both ambitious and desperate, she acceptsâheading west without her husband.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠From the National Book Awardâwinning author of Three Junes comes the story of Greenie Duquette, who lavishes most of her passionate energy on her Greenwich Village bakery and her young sonâuntil she makes an impulsive decision that will change the course of several lives around her.
Greenie's husband, Alan, seems to have fallen into a midlife depression, while Walter, her closest professional ally, is nursing a broken heart. At Walterâs restaurant, the visiting governor of New Mexico tastes Greenieâs coconut cake and decides to woo her away to be his chef. For reasons both ambitious and desperate, she acceptsâheading west without her husband.