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Title: Angelina's Bachelors

Subtitle: A Novel, with Food

Author: Brian O'Reilly

Narrator: Xe Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-30-11

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 40 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sometimes the shortest distance between two people is the length of a kitchen table....

Far too young to be a widow, Angelina DAngelo suddenly finds herself facing a life without her beloved husband, Frank. Late one night shortly after the funeral, she makes her way down to the kitchen and pours all of her grief and anger into the only outlet she has left - her passion for cooking. In a frenzy of concentration and swift precision, she builds layer upon layer of thick, rich lasagna, braids loaves of yeasty bread, roasts plump herb-rubbed chicken; she makes so much food that she winds up delivering the spoils to the neighbors in her tight-knit Italian community in South Philadelphia.

Retiree Basil Cupertino, who has just moved in with his kindly sister across the street, is positively smitten with Angelinas food. In a stroke of good fortune, Basil offers Angelina (not only husbandless but unemployed) a job cooking for him - two meals a day, six days a week, in exchange for a handsome salary. Soon, word of her irresistible culinary prowess spreads and she finds herself cooking for seven bachelors - and in the process discovers the magical power of food to heal, to bring people together... and maybe even to provide a second chance at love.

Filled to the brim with homemade warmth, Angelinas Bachelors is a sweet tale of overcoming grief, redefining family, and following your heart - through food.

Critic Reviews:

"O'Reilly's keen ear for the neighborhood swells lends a charming, timeless quality to the tale. Light comedy and good food make a winning combination." (Kirkus)

Members Reviews:

A Mouthwatering Comfort Listen

What did you love best about Angelina's Bachelors?

Vocally, we experience every emotion Angelina experiences - warmth and love, a wrenching grief, sadness mixed with determination that turns to hope, and then delight as she builds a very different but once again happy life for herself. This takes place over time with the help of family, friends and Food.I loved the descriptions of the recipes, the memories of family they brought to Angelina and/or the reasons why she would create a new recipe. The details about the cooking and the meals plus the reactions of those who ate them let me live vicariously and it's a good thing or I would have gained ten pounds just listening! If you've ever watched the Food Network and been intrigued by all the small things that make a great dish then Angelina's Bachelors is a must listen for the food alone.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Angelina's Bachelors?

I don't know about an exact moment but from the point where Angelina uses her amazing cooking abilities as therapy and then the book moves forward as she also uses those abilities to make ends meet, while filling a spot in several different men's lives I was hooked and couldn't stop listening. It was an added bonus that Angelina's Bachelors moves at a fast pace with something new around every corner as the cast of characters builds and then grows together with each artfully created and mouth watering meal.

Have you listened to any of Xe Sands???s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, and she is in top form with Angelina's Bachelors.