A Place at the Table, Susan Rebecca White
A Place at the Table, Susan Rebecca White
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A Place at the Table

Author: Susan Rebecca White

Narrator: Robin Miles, George Newbern, Katharine Powell

Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2013

Synopsis

From Susan Rebecca White, award-winning author of A Soft Place to Land and Bound South, comes a breathtaking story of three richly nuanced outcasts whose paths converge in a chic Manhattan café as they realize they must give up everything they thought they knew to find a home at last.

Alice Stone is famous for the homemade southern cuisine she serves at Café Andres and her groundbreaking cookbook, but her past is a mystery to all who know her. Upon Alice’s retirement, Bobby Banks, a young gay man ostracized by his family in Georgia, sets out to revive the aging café with his new brand of southern cooking while he struggles with heartbreak like he’s never known. Seeking respite from the break up of her marriage, wealthy divorcée Amelia Brighton finds solace in the company and food at Café Andres, until a family secret comes to light in the pages of Alice’s cookbook and threatens to upend her life.

In her most accomplished novel yet, Susan Rebecca White braids together the stories of these three unforgettable characters who must learn that when you embrace the thing that makes you different, you become whole.

About Susan Rebecca White

Susan Rebecca White is the author of four critically acclaimed novels, Bound South, A Soft Place to Land, We Are All Good People Here, and A Place at the Table. A graduate of Brown University and the MFA program at Hollins University, Susan has taught creative writing at Hollins, Emory, SCAD, and Mercer University, where she was the Ferrol A. Sams, Jr. Distinguished Chair of English Writer-in-Residence. An Atlanta native, Susan lives in Atlanta with her husband and son.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on November 22, 2024

Hauntingly beautiful story. This is a memorable book...one that will stay with me for a long time. Because...The novel follows the meandering and eventually intersecting lives of three very different characters. And...Alice, an African American woman who journey's through a difficult childhood in 19......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 16, 2013

A sweet Chick-lit novel that brings a young gay man from the South, a black female Chef, and a Connecticut socialite together in their respective searches for identity. What defines us? Can an event define us? Should we allow others to define us? How can we belong and with whom do we belong? Each ch......more

Goodreads review by Judy on June 18, 2019

A Place at the Table was much more than 5 stars – if I could give 10, I would! The story was brilliantly written! If you are from the south you will definitely appreciate. As a native of NC Bible belt, leaving a small town and narrow-minded ways, relocating to Atlanta years ago, can relate. I loved......more

Goodreads review by Karin on March 23, 2014

Susan is a terrific writer, and I love how she portrays the south. Her scenes are pitch perfect and could've been pulled from my own family while I was growing up. The great thing about this book is it's not her first, so when you finish, you'll have several more to read. I remember when we did this......more

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