Brooklyn in Love: A Delicious Memoir of Food, Family, and Finding Yourself

by Amy Thomas Narrated by Cassandra Campbell

Overview

On an island where finding love can be just as hard as finding a dinner reservation on a Friday night, Amy Thomas never imagined a family would fit into her lifestyle. So when Amy finds herself turning forty, moving to Brooklyn, and making way for a baby with a new man in her life, she realizes that starting over may be her biggest opportunity yet.



But how do you balance staying out all night dancing with staying up all night soothing a baby? Can a lifelong city girl trade in spontaneity for domesticity? Set amid the backdrop of Brooklyn and Manhattan's foodie scenes, Amy sets out to make her second act even sweeter than the first.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Amy Thomas's heartfelt tale of a modern woman embracing marriage and motherhood is a New York City fairy tale, complete with dazzling romance, delicious food, and the perfect happy ending: Brooklyn ever after." — Ann Mah, author of Mastering the Art of French Eating and The Lost Vintage

"I became infatuated with Brooklyn in Love. I inhaled the pages on sidewalks and subways…savored every word as if it held all the answers to my life. And in a way, it did." — Alyssa Shelasky, author of Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen

"The relatable and honest storytelling that made Paris, My Sweet so endearing returns for this delightful journey of self-understanding and joy through the lens of love and food." — Lindsey Tramuta, journalist and author of The New Paris

"Brooklyn In Love is a story of love, soul-searching and delicious moments, memories (and addresses!) all wrapped into an enchanting and mouth-watering part deux for our favorite sweet freak Amy Thomas." — Kristen Beddard, author of Bonjour Kale

"Made me homesick for New York — and very hungry. Once again, Thomas has followed her heart - and her sweet tooth - toward a new life." — Elizabeth Bard, New York Times bestselling author of Lunch in Paris and Dinner Chez Moi

"A fun and heartfelt memoir about the difficult journey of falling in love in New York City and the restaurants the author visited along the way." — Shelf Awareness for Readers

From the Publisher - AUDIO COMMENTARY

"[Amy Thomas's] joy and apprehension regarding her new life as a wife and mother in Brooklyn resonate clearly in Cassandra Campbell's narration." —AudioFile

MARCH 2018 - AudioFile

After her successful book about living in Paris (PARIS, MY SWEET), foodie Amy Thomas regales listeners with a memoir about her return to New York City. Along with her epicurean adventures, she talks about meeting her husband online, moving to Brooklyn, and starting a family after age 40. Her joy and apprehension regarding her new life as a wife and mother in Brooklyn resonate clearly in Cassandra Campbell’s narration. She heartily expresses the descriptions of mouthwatering bites at restaurants, bars, and bakeries in Brooklyn and other parts of New York City, authentically voicing Thomas’s passion for her subject through accounts of favorite dishes and their creation. Thomas’s life at times seems a bit too perfect, and production quality isn’t seamless from chapter to chapter, but overall this is a delicious undertaking. S.H. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Kirkus Reviews

2017-11-13
In her second memoir, creative director and writer Thomas (Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate), 2012) chronicles her new life in Brooklyn.Turning 40, falling in love, and becoming a mother are all life-changing events. The author recounts moments of her life as it veered from the freedoms of a single career woman in New York to a first-time mother in Brooklyn. If reading a step-by-step narrative of someone's wedding sounds appealing, you will love Thomas' breezy, whimsical style. Throughout the book, the author delights in long descriptions of food, many of which are excessive or unnecessary. For example, Thomas describes a culinary treat whipped up by a graduate of the French Culinary Institute: "After all, this is what she had been doing, eating, and dreaming about her whole life: whipping up crazy concoctions like crack pie, a densely sweet-and-salty pie that sits with an oat cookie crust, and compost cookies, which cram chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, pretzels, potato chips, and coffee grounds into one beautiful, buttery mass of goodness." The author also runs down the benefits of breast-feeding and provides plenty of details about her burgeoning relationship with her future husband. In addition to the specifics about breast-feeding, new mothers may find Thomas' list of the contents of her diaper bag to be helpful (she always packs an extra change of clothes in case of "explosive poops"). Unfortunately, too much of the narrative feels like a lightly edited diary, and cringeworthy moments abound—e.g., the book opens with, "in the fall of 2008, fate walked through my office door."For those swept along on the author's culinary high, she has thoughtfully listed the many restaurants in New York, Brooklyn, and Paris mentioned in the text. Many readers, however, will find the overload of information too much.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170445295
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	02/20/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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