

Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
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A shy teenager attempts to express how she really feels through the confections she makes at her family’s pasteleria. A tourist from Montenegro desperately seeks a magic soup dumpling that could cure his fear of death. An aspiring chef realizes that butter and soul are the key ingredients to win a cooking competition that could win him the money to save his mother’s life.
Welcome to Hungry Hearts Row, where the answers to most of life’s hard questions are kneaded, rolled, baked. Where a typical greeting is, “Have you had anything to eat?” Where magic and food and love are sometimes one and the same.
Told in interconnected short stories, Hungry Hearts explores the many meanings food can take on beyond mere nourishment. It can symbolize love and despair, family and culture, belonging and home.
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ISBN: 9781534421851
JLG Release: Oct 2019
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Book Details
ISBN
9781534421851
First Release
October 2019
Genre
Fic
Dewey Classification
F
Trim Size
8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Page Count
368
Accelerated Reader
Level 0; Points: 0;
Scholastic Reading Counts
Level 0; Points: 0;
Lexile
Level 810L
Format
Print Book
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Potentially Sensitive Areas
Criminal culture, Marijuana, Mild sexual themes, Racism, Strong language, Violence
Topics
Short stories, Anthologies, Romance, Food, Love, Neighborhoods, Restaurants, Cooking, Families,