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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

 

Chapter 1 - SandraKaye

Chapter 2 - Cass

Chapter 3 - SandraKaye

Chapter 4 - Cass

Chapter 5 - SandraKaye

Chapter 6 - Cass

Chapter 7 - SandraKaye

Chapter 8 - Cass

Chapter 9 - SandraKaye

Chapter 10 - Cass

Chapter 11 - SandraKaye

Chapter 12 - Cass

Chapter 13 - SandraKaye

Chapter 14 - Cass

Chapter 15 - SandraKaye

Chapter 16 - Cass

Chapter 17 - SandraKaye

Chapter 18 - Cass

Chapter 19 - SandraKaye

Chapter 20 - Cass

Chapter 21 - SandraKaye

Chapter 22 - Cass

Chapter 23 - SandraKaye

Chapter 24 - Cass

Chapter 25 - SandraKaye

 

Teaser chapter

Praise for Lisa Wingate’s Accent Novels

A Thousand Voices

 

“Wingate paints a riveting picture of the Choctaw Nation as one woman searches for the family she never knew. Heartfelt and revealing, Wingate’s latest proves that she’s a rising star in the world of women’s fiction.”


Romantic Times
(top pick)

 

“A delightful, heart-wrenching story written in first person with captivating characters,
A Thousand Voices
is sensitively told and masterfully written. It will capture the imagination of readers from the first page. . . .
A Thousand Voices
is a book not to be missed . . . [a] perfect 10.”

—Romance Reviews Today

 

“Lisa Wingate provides a warm character study of a fully developed individual seeking her roots.”—
Midwest Book Review

 

Drenched in Light

 

“Heartfelt and moving, enriched by characters drawn with compassion and warmth.”—Jennifer Chiaverini

 

“Another winner.”—
Booklist

 

The Language of Sycamores

 

“Heartfelt, honest, and entirely entertaining . . . this poignant story will touch your heart from the first page to the last.”—Kristin Hannah

 
 
 
Written by today’s freshest new talents and selected by New American Library, NAL Accent novels touch on subjects close to a woman’s heart, from friendship to family to finding our place in the world. The Conversation Guides included in each book are intended to enrich the individual reading experience, as well as encourage us to explore these topics together—because books, and life, are meant for sharing.
 
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“Wingate is an excellent storyteller who knows how to draw readers in quickly and keep them turning the pages, laughing one minute and grabbing for a tissue the next.”—
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

 

“Wingate presents another one of her positive and uplifting books . . . tales in the midst of turmoil that are inspirational without being preachy.”


Booklist

 

Good Hope Road

 

“A novel bursting with joy amidst crisis: small-town life is painted with scope and detail in the capable hands of a writer who understands longing, grief, and the landscape of a woman’s heart.”—Adriana Trigiani

 

“Wingate has written a genuinely heartwarming story about how a sense of possibility can be awakened in the aftermath of a tragedy to bring a community together and demonstrate the true American spirit.”—
Booklist

 

Tending Roses

 

“A story at once gentle and powerful about the very old and the very young, and about the young woman who loves them all. Richly emotional and spiritual,
Tending Roses
affected me from the first page.”—Luanne Rice

 

“You can’t put it down without . . . taking a good look at your own life and how misplaced priorities might have led to missed opportunities.
Tending Roses
is an excellent read for any season, a celebration of the power of love.”


El Paso Times

 

Praise for Lisa Wingate’s
“Texas Hill Country” Series

 

Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner

 

“A beautifully crafted and insightfully drawn page-turner . . . this is storytelling at its best.”—Julie Cannon

 

“A warmhearted tale of love and longing, grits and cowboys, horse psychology and dinosaur tracks.”—Claire Cook

 

“Wingate lets her magical Texas setting and idiosyncratic supporting characters shine.”—
Kirkus Reviews

 

Lone Star Café

 

“A charmingly nostalgic treat. . . . Wingate handles the book’s strong spiritual element deftly, creating a novel that is sweetly inspirational but not saccharine.”—
Publishers Weekly

 

“Lisa Wingate is making a national name for herself as an excellent storyteller. Her novels . . . are upbeat and refreshingly wholesome.”


Abilene Reporter-News

 

“Leaves you feeling like you’ve danced the two-step across Texas.”

—Jodi Thomas

 

Texas Cooking

 

“Lisa Wingate writes with depth and warmth, joy and wit.”

—Debbie Macomber

 


Texas Cooking
. . . will have readers drooling for the next installment . . . [a] beautifully written mix of comedy, drama, cooking, and journalism.”


The Dallas Morning News

 

“Takes the reader on a delightful journey into the most secret places of every woman’s heart.”—Catherine Anderson

 

“The story is a treasure. You will be swept along, refreshed and amused. . . . Give yourself a treat and read this tender, unusual story.”

—Dorothy Garlock

Other Novels by Lisa Wingate

The Blue Sky Hill Series
A Month of Summer

 

The Tending Roses Series
Tending Roses
Good Hope Road
The Language of Sycamores
Drenched in Light
A Thousand Voices

 

The Texas Hill Country Trilogy
Texas Cooking
Lone Star Café
Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner

NAL Accent

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First published by NAL Accent, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

 

First Printing, July

Copyright © Wingate Media, LLC, 2009

Conversation Guide copyright © Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2009

All rights reserved

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA:

 

Wingate, Lisa.

The summer kitchen/Lisa Wingate. p. cm.

eISBN : 978-1-101-06024-7

1. Bereavement—Psychological aspects—Fiction. 2. Family—Fiction. 3. Runaways—Fiction.
4. City and town life—Fiction. 5. Intergenerational relations—Fiction. 6. Life change events—Fiction.
I. Title.
PS3573.I53165S86 2009
813’.54—dc22 2008053609

 

Set in Adobe Garamond

 

 

Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

 

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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