{"product_id":"9781582341958","title":"Mangoes and Quince : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMangoes and Quince\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Carol Field\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intoxicating novel about a woman who seduces an entire city with the exotic fare she creates in her home-run restaurant. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBest-selling cookbook author Carol Field turns her talent to fiction in \u003ci\u003eMangoes and Quince\u003c\/i\u003e. A feast of the imagination, Mangoes and Quince tells the story of Miranda, abandoned in Amsterdam by her husband Anton, who disappeared into the South Seas. Marooned, but restlessly inspired, Miranda expresses her passion by cooking. But as the restaurant she builds in Anton's ancestral home grows increasingly popular-and along with it, Miranda-her daughter Diana recedes into a world of longing for her lost father. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder the spell of a manipulative anthropologist, Diana sneaks into her father's two locked private rooms and unearths a trove of strange, local fetishes. Tucked within one sculpture, Diana finds a note from her father. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart mystery, part love story, part family drama-and with original recipes scattered throughout-Mangoes and Quince is a lush and sensuous tale, sure to please.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As her books grow in number on my shelf, so does my appreciation and admiration for Carol Field...” —\u003ci\u003eAlice Waters, author of the Chez Panisse Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...an intensely felt, delicately written novel bursting with love and the pleasures of the senses.” —\u003ci\u003eMark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...a complex, fascinating, sensual read.” —\u003ci\u003eLynn Freed, author of  The Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An alluring fable of exotic places, sinister rites and delicious tastes of all kinds--complete with recipes.” —\u003ci\u003eDiane Johnson, author of Le Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Enticing...Mouthwateringly sensuous descriptions of food and its preparation” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Juicy ...Mangoes and Quince is a book that makes you hungry while you read.” —\u003ci\u003eL.A. Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...beautifully evokes the frenetic pace of the kitchen...engaging, sensuous...” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...a lusty fairy tale ripe with mystery, monkeys, sexuality and sensual food...[a] treasure chest of a book.” —\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...mighty tasty...part mystery, part love story.” —\u003ci\u003ePortland Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...a feast of the imagination...” —\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Carol Field has created a spicy brew of mystery and suspense” —\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781582341958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40660378747086,"sku":"9781582341958","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_edc81c88-145e-4715-8117-9a9712cb747e.jpg?v=1639539056","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781582341958","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}