I enjoyed reading Soy Sauce for Beginners and recommend it for book clubs. It gave me a new appreciation for the work and sacrifice involved in creating a genuine family soy sauce and the family dynamic involved. At family gatherings, it is still difficult for a lot of …more families to communicate their true feelings with one another.
Such skeletons as separation & divorce, alcoholism & work-aholism and other addictions lie buried in the family feud closets. Family pride keeps them buried unless a family member decides to undertake some digging. I have many
skeletons in my closet!! (less)

A heart warming account of a couple blessed with a special baby and their challenges as they relocate to a handyman's house in beautiful Provence, France.
Mother Ann adores her infant girl, Freya but Tobias, her gentle, music loving
husband is not so sure whether he wants …more to keep this child or institutionalize her.

In her attempts to "mouse proof" her kitchen and her life, Anna realizes the enormity of the chore. But this warrior woman stays the course through plagues and problems, making an old house a warm, inviting home.

As Anne opens her heart and home, wonderful, supportive new friends and her mother-in law appear who all love the infant, Freya. Tobias, too, enters this journey of the heart. (less)