Close Enough to Perfect - Noyes, Christine

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Résumé :
Close Enough to Perfect centers on the 2018 sudden death of the author's husband, Al, on a commercial airplane in flight. She deftly employs flashbacks to reveal circumstances of her upbringing, including the mental illness of her mother, the deep mutual love she shared with Al, and their adventuresome life that included travel, hunting, motorcycling, sport shooting, bourbon trails, generosity to family and friends, and operating a retail sporting goods business....

Sommaire:
You can't always plan where life will take you.That certainly proved true for Christine Noyes. Growing up a tomboy in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, she spent her youth building forts, playing sports, and enjoying the perceived innocence of the 1960s.Without a clear vision of what her life should be, shewent where she felt most comfortable: to the kitchen. At the age of eleven, she began her work life as a dishwasher in her grandfather's restaurant. She spent the next several decades reinventing herself, becoming an accomplished chef and then a sales representative, an entrepreneur, and eventually a writer and illustrator.Chris never chose her professions. They chose her.When not at her keyboard, she can be found in her kitchen: back to her roots and love of cooking....