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A slow-burn romance in a cutthroat kitchen Theres more to becoming a top chef for 17-year-old Isabella Fields than just not getting chopped ... especially when the chances of things heating up with an intriguing boy and becoming a food star in the kitchen are both on the chopping block. Aspiring chef Isas family life has fallen apart after the death of her Cuban abuela and the divorce of her parents. She moves in with her dad and her new stepmom, Margo, in Lyon, France, where Isa feels like an outsider in her fathers new life. Isa balances her time between avoiding the awkward, why-did-you-cheat-on-Mom conversation with figuring out how a perpetually single woman can at least be a perpetually single chef.The upside of Isas world being turned upside-down?Her fathers house is located only 30 minutes away from the restaurant of world-famous Chef Pascal Grattard, who runs a prestigiously competitive international kitchen apprenticeship. The prize job at Chef Grattards renowned restaurant also represents a transformative opportunity for Isa who is desperate to get her life back in order--and desperate to prove she has what it takes to work in an haute kitchen. But Isas stress and repressed grief begin to unravel when the attractive, enigmatic Diego shows up unannounced with his albino dog.How can Isa expect to hold it together when shes at the bottom of her class at the apprenticeship, her new stepmom is pregnant, she misses her abuela dearly, and things with the mysterious Diego reach a boiling point?Salty, Bitter, Sweet Is a YA contemporary #OwnVoices novel written by CNN producer Mayra CuevasFeatures a Latina main character who is trilingualIs inspired by the authors relationships with food and familyExplores complicated family dynamics and relatable themes of friendship, acceptance, and learning to care for yourself
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
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