Angelina's Bachelors
A Novel, with Food

A fun read, one that even as certain things bothered me I felt compelled to keep reading during any free time. The things that bothered me: it says explicitly on the front cover that it is "A Novel, with Food," and food plays a really significant role in the storyline, but man I got kind of tired it......more

As much as I wanted to like this book, it was a birthday present, but I couldnt' get into it. It was very sappy, cheesy, and not very well written. The main character just lost her husband, who dies while he is trying to get a piece of cake of a heart attack. She then is depressed but decided to rel......more

Angelina, an excellent cook, is suddenly left bereft when her husband of five years, Frank, keels over dead of a heart attack. The shock has barely sunk in when it’s followed by more shocks: the small company for which both Frank and Angelina worked has gone bankrupt, and now Angelina is without a j......more

After Angelina's husband dies at a young age, all she has left is her close South Philly neighborhood and gourmet cooking. Almost by accident, she sets up a small business cooking breakfast and dinner for several neighborhood bachelors, who become more like a family over the months. As Angelina's li......more

To begin, I must disclaim that I won this book as part of a Goodreads giveaway. This has not in any way influenced my review. I have heard the old saying that you should never judge a book by its cover and I have read far too many books to rely exclusively on that method of judging. But, the sole rea......more