Books Etc


 "Weinreb’s stunning diorama of the country club set and private school progeny is a smart novel of manners and personal transcendence, rather than a snarky rant against those who snubbed her." - LitChat

"An irresistible beach read"

- Marie Claire

“Keenly observed, deliciously barbed, and based closely on a real story, The Summer Kitchen is a novel for our time, one woman’s story of saving herself and her family from personal betrayal and financial collapse.  A terrific read!” - Kevin Baker, bestselling author of Saville Row


The Summer Kitchen is a most timely novel in these troubled economic times. Set in moneyed Bedford, New York, a bucolic town full of Wall Street families, The Summer Kitchen is a unique look at how one woman copes with losing it all after her husband is arrested for a white-collar crime. Published by St Martin's Press, The Summer Kitchen is now in stores.

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And now on the bestseller list in Italy, where it is published by Garzanti Libri as "La Bottega dei Desideri".

Also being published in Germany in December 2010 by Droemersche Verlagsanstalt. 

Novel's themes
  • A unique take on white-collar crime
  • Financial and social ruin
  • Self-discovery
  • The transcendent power of perspective
  • Spousal love
  • Motherhood
  • Unlikely friendships
  • The grounding influence of good food


 

 

 

"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket"

- Chinese proverb