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When Juanita Lewis arrived in Paper Moon, Montana, courtesy of a Greyhound bus, she was just looking for a brief respite. Instead, she found a home, friends, and a man to love. But this leave-your-attitude-by-the-door woman made a promise to herself–one that she intends to keep. Now that she’s got a place to come back to, Juanita wants to see the world.
A trip out West with her eccentric trucker friend, Peaches, leads to a cooking stint at a new age spa for skinny celebrities. Crazy, but its here that Juanita decides to take her talent for cooking to a new level . . . and make it her dream. She also learns something about life: It does turn out the way you planned it–just be ready to change the plan a few times along the way.
Just as Juanita’s journey begins, she’s called back to Paper Moon, having inherited an old, slightly haunted B&B, as well as a mountain of decisions. There’s her self-centered, irresponsible daughter, insisting that she get some sense and come back home to Columbus, and a son who’s doing things Juanita can’t bear to think about. So how does a middle-aged black woman from the projects follow her heart when it’s heading in so many different directions? By asking the right questions, then listening with her soul.
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April 12, 2005 -
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- ISBN: 9780345484376
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- ISBN: 9780345484376
- File size: 317 KB
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- English
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May 1, 2005
Williams has written an entertaining sequel to " Dancing on the Edge of the Roof "(2002). Juanita Lewis' move from Columbus, Ohio, to Paper Moon, Montana, has afforded her the new life she so desperately set out to find. Yet she still feels wanderlust. In the middle of her new adventure to visit those places still on her list, her eccentric friend, Millie, dies. Returning to Paper Moon to attend the funeral forces her to reprioritize her dreams. Millie surprises the whole town and leaves Juanita an unexpected windfall. Overnight, Juanita goes from living, loving, and cooking at the diner to running a bed-and-breakfast and going to culinary school. For the first time in her life, she has financial independence, love, and too much on her plate. Juanita rises to the occasion, however, balancing work, school, and family. She no longer has to rely on romance novels to find love; she has found her own side of a dream.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2005, American Library Association.)
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