Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship

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It is easy to fall deeply for Edward's tender heart as Vincent learns how he has savored his life, and over time, begins to create a life that's more inviting and full for herself. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I'm not sure if she intended for the reader to feel the nuances of her remark, or was truly unaware of the ageism in it. Over several years, and many dinners, the two work through their grief and come to closure, whether about death or divorce.

On a superficial level their connection may seem like a friendship, and that's definitely how the author presents it. While hosting dinners for people all around him, developing their taste buds, he was also feeding their souls and reminding them to value the good things in life. In this sanctuary, the two start an unexpected friendship that helps them deal with their situations, one a crumbling marriage, the other the loss of the love of his life. What follows is Isabel Vincent's memoir of those meals, of her friendship with the multi-talented and faceted Edward and the life changes for both.The mc was unsympathetic, and although I didn't like her (ex) husband either, I was unimpressed with her constant negative descriptions of him (especially since he himself had no actually voice in the book), no matter how true they may be. At first, all I could concentrate on were the descriptions of food (luscious) and indeed of New York (fascinating).

If you are a foodie you are going to love the references to the many dishes mentioned throughout this beautiful short novel. Edward would like to give up on life after the death of his beloved wife Paula and Isabel is at a personal crossroad herself. There were redeeming parts, but in general I wondered who was caring for (comforting)her daughter while she indulged in weekly dinners with the elderly Edward. In addition to certain standard Google cookies, reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis. Paula knew that Edward had already made the decision that he wanted to die rather than face life without her.

stars Isabel Vincent is in her forties, with a crumbling marriage, newly employed by Th New York Post and has relocated with her family to New York from Toronto after a career spent primarily as a foreign correspondent. The dinners soon turn into a weekly event and a loving friendship that ends up helping both Isabel and Edward lead happier lives.