The All You Can Dream Buffet, Barbara ONeal
The All You Can Dream Buffet, Barbara ONeal
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The All You Can Dream Buffet

Author: Barbara O'Neal

Narrator: Joyce Bean

Unabridged: 10 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/04/2014


Synopsis

Barbara O’Neal’s novel of food, friendship, and the freedom to grow your dreams brings together four very different women longing to savor the true taste of happiness.Popular blogger and foodie queen Lavender Wills reigns over Lavender Honey Farms, a serene slice of organic heaven nestled in Oregon wine country. Lavender is determined to keep her legacy from falling into the profit-driven hands of uncaring relatives, and she wants an heir to sustain her life’s work after she’s gone. So she invites her three closest online friends—fellow food bloggers, women of varied ages and backgrounds—out to her farm. She hopes to choose one of them to inherit it—but who?There’s Ginny, the freckle-faced Kansas cake baker whose online writing is about to lead her out of a broken marriage and into a world of sensual delights. And Ruby, young, pregnant, devoted to the organic movement, who’s looking for roots—and the perfect recipe to heal a shattered heart. Finally, Val, smart and sophisticated, a wine enthusiast who needs a fresh start for her teenage daughter after tragedy has rocked their lives. Coming together will change the Foodie Four in ways they could never have imagined, uniting them in love and a common purpose. As they realize that life doesn’t always offer a perfect recipe for happiness, they also discover that the moments worth savoring are flavored with some tears, a few surprises, and generous helpings of joy.Praise for the novels of Barbara O’Neal“[A] warm…romance about the healing powers of nature, love and community.” —Kirkus Reviews, on The Garden of Happy Endings“Absorbing…[with] lovingly sketched characters and real emotion.” —Publishers Weekly, on How to Bake a Perfect Lif

About Barbara O'Neal

Barbara O'Neal fell in love with restaurants and the secret language of spoons when she was sixteen. She spent more than a decade in various restaurants, from dives to cafés to high cuisine, before selling her first novel. O'Neal lives with her partner, a British endurance athlete, in Colorado Springs.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicola on March 17, 2014

Gush-alert. This book is every bit as beautifully evocative as the rest of Barbara O'Neal's stories. Wonderful characters that leap off the page. Cute animals. Food. Friendship. And love. A truly gorgeous story of second chances and life changing friendship. LOVED IT!!!!......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne on March 07, 2019

Even though there were tough decisions to make and problems to solve this was a HAPPY book with beautiful, caring, wonderful and interesting characters. Recommended for those who want to loose themselves in a enchanted captivating story.......more

Goodreads review by Lauren Henderson on November 25, 2013

I received an ARC of this book for free from Random House Publishing Group-Bantam Dell via NetGalley. The All You Can Dream Buffet is a story about 4 friends, "The Foodie Four" who all run blogs related in some way to food. They are all different ages and at different places in their life but have an......more

Goodreads review by Rosario on April 09, 2016

Lavender Wills is worried about her family farm. As a young woman, Lavender escaped life on the farm for an eventful career as a flight attendant, but when she finally returned, much later in her life, she fell in love with it. As she turns 85 she's worried that her only heirs, her nephews, will tur......more

Goodreads review by Margaret on May 22, 2014

I loved this author's How to Bake a Perfect Life because of her ability to develop her characters to the point that I felt as though I knew them and I felt their ups and downs along the way. The story was woven so slowly and so intricately that it was hard to put down and sad to close the cover on t......more