The Kitchen Sink Sutra
by Patti Murphy
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Pub Date Oct 18 2018 | Archive Date Aug 31 2019
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Description
Thirty-six-year-old Olivia is an artist who’s just been let go from her day job. Also, the presumed love of her life has suddenly decamped to another continent to avoid a lawsuit - but all of this pales when Olivia finds out that her beloved grandmother, the woman who raised her, has had a stroke. Olivia rushes back to her hometown of Stafford Falls to care for Nana Sutton only to find that the odd little place where she grew up has changed. For one thing, she keeps running into a perpetually smiling Buddhist monk who offers to teach her the secret to great happiness. And then there’s that intriguing woman with the beautiful smile and kind eyes who’s opening a café that serves life-saving espressos. As Nana recovers, Olivia finds herself making a life in the little town, but when her backlog of unsold paintings starts to sell and suddenly it’s raining jobs back in the city, will she be able to leave Stafford Falls? Told with warmth and wit, The Kitchen Sink Sutra is an uplifting story about family, best friends, and the importance of a really good cup of coffee.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781999467814 |
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Featured Reviews
Cynthia G, Reviewer
I have just this moment finished reading The Kitchen Sink Sutra by Patti Murphy. I began it late last night and, sadly, finished it this evening. What a beautifully written book. I really like the way I felt while I was reading it, living it. Ms. Murphy has such a wonderful way expressing herself and the way she shares her characters with the reader is also wonderful. Stafford Falls seems a terrific place to live and the people who inhabit it just as terrific. Tenzin made me smile every time he showed up. And those dogs, oh those dogs, I am quite sure I have met them under different circumstances and different names. I am still a bit teary between the CRC, Max, Mortimer, and Eddie Spaghetti I wonder if my bedsheets will ever be dry again! Oh dear, I almost forgot Tobey! I know this sweet child very well and love every bit of him and would not change a thing.
I look forward to reading other offerings written by Ms. Murphy and I very high recommend The Kitchen Sink Sutra. In fact, I really hope for at least a sequel because I have fallen in love with these characters and I want to keep up with them.
Michelle J, Reviewer
I really enjoyed this book, and think it would make a really fun book club read. The main character, Olivia, has basically every part of her life disrupted - her relationship, her career and her family life. <i>The Kitchen Sink Sutra</i> is the story of Olivia trying to keep it all together - rebuilding her career(s), nursing her Grandmother back to health and navigating the ups and downs of her complicated love life.
Overall, this was a fun story. I did find myself a little confused and frustrated by the fact that the setting of the story is not clearly established. It turned out to be eastern Canada, but based on the vague description of the location description and the use of British-English spellings and terminology, I read the first third of the book thinking it took place in the UK. Very disorienting!
Aside from the initial confusion though, I really did like this book and look forward to reading the next installment in the series, <i>The Date Square Dharma</i>, released on August 3, 2019.
I was provided with an electronic copy of #TheKitchenSinkSutra by #NetGalley in return for my honest review.
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