One is that everyone should find a vocation or a passion in life, such as selling flowers, tap dancing, or in this case, baking sumptuous cakes. Eat cake by jeanne ray reading guidebook club discussion. Anita shreve elizabeth berg anna quindlen jacquelyn mitchard chris bohjalian sue miller lorna landvik ann packer marian keyes kaye gibbons. Jeanne rays novel eat cake is so much fun that it easily lends itself to silly baking metaphors like sweet as chocolate or smooth as icing. In place of montagues and capulets are rosemans and cacciamanis, rival florists in boston who have always despised each other. Jeanne ray books list of books by author jeanne ray. Thats what beleaguered housewife ruth nash does whenever life gets to be too much for her. And nowas her husband loses his job, her lifeoftheparty father arrives for an extended. One of jeanne rays specialties is giving us believable, totally likable characters, engaged in the large and small dramas and amusements of life. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china.
In what ways does jeanne rays portrait of camille jive with, or depart from, your own impressions of todays teenagers. A clever, sexy, comic version of shakespeares love story. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading eat cake. She worked as a registered nurse for forty years before she wrote her first novel at the age of sixty.
At 253 pages and the last 24 pages are nothing but cake recipes, eat cake can easily be completed in an afternoon. Ruth has always found baking cakes to be a source of relief from the st. Both because i tend to bake or clean when im in emotional distress. See all books authored by jeanne ray, including calling invisible women, and eat cake, and more on.
The end of the book also disappoints a bit since ray feels it necessary to tie up every loose end to guarantee a happily ever after conclusion that works against the rest of the book s sense of reality. Whenever i make this carrot cake im reminded of that darling book, eat cake by jeanne ray. Jeanne ray jeanne ray used books, rare books and new books. You take the cake when it is offered because the cake is delicious. Together, she and her husband have ten grandchildren. Eat cake palm beach county library system overdrive. Pistachio cardamom cake gourmet magazine 2001 and featured in eat cake a novel by jeanne ray 34 cup shelled pistachios 1 cup allpurpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cardamom powder 14 tsp salt 12 cup milk 14 tsp vanilla 1 12 sticks 34 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup sugar 3 eggs 1. May 27, 2003 eat cake by jeanne ray came to me via a bit of book serendipity a random comment on someones facebook page. The author of three previous novels, jeanne ray works as a registered nurse at the frist clinic in nashville, tennessee. Married life is not always bliss, as ruth, a married mother of two, is finding out.
When she is alone, she dreams up variations on recipes. If you liked eat cake by jeanne ray, here are some books like this. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. From the new york times bestselling author of stepballchange and julie and romeonow in trade paperback for the first time. Eat cake by jeanne ray and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Eat cake jeanne ray crown hardcover 272 pages may 2003. Youve said that william shakespeare inspired your first novel, julie and romeo, and that jane austen inspired your second novel, stepballchange. You feel transformed inside the main character ruths happy place, which is in the middle of freshly baked, amazingly made, from scratch, cake. She is the author of julie and romeo 2000, stepballchange 2002 also published as best foot forward, eat cake 2003, and julie and romeo get lucky 2005.
Eat cake by jeanne ray in djvu, doc, epub download e book. Eat cake by jeanne ray meet your next favorite book. Jeanne ray worked as a registered nurse for forty years before she wrote her first novel at the age of sixty. In what ways does jeanne ray s portrait of camille jive with, or depart from, your own impressions of todays teenagers. Eat cake by jeanne ray book club discussion questions. Jeanne rayworks as a registered nurse at the frist clinic in nashville, tennessee. Jeanne ray works as a registered nurse at the frist clinic in nashville, tennessee. She can even catch a glimpse of the outside world from the open center of her favorite hideaway. Books by jeanne ray authors like jeanne ray what should i.
Dec 26, 2015 eat cake by jeanne ray in djvu, doc, epub download e book. I laughed and even shed a little tear while turning its pages. Eat cake is the third thoroughly charming book from the wonderful jeanne ray. Jeanne ray s novel eat cake is so much fun that it easily lends itself to silly baking metaphors like sweet as chocolate or smooth as icing.
In the morning i soaked the raisins in the rum and cooked the sweet potatoes, then put it together in a few minutes. Authors ann patchett and jeanne ray have turned the old adage like mother, like daughter on its head with mom jeanne following in her daughters footsteps. Once ruths cake baking business takes off, shes overwhelmed by the sudden need to fill all those orders. She is the author of julie and romeo, stepballchange, and eat cake. Sep, 2011 this carrot cake recipe isnt the one from the book. Shes also the mother of writer anne patchett, who we spoke with in todays first segment. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Feb 08, 2012 one of jeanne rays specialties is giving us believable, totally likable characters, engaged in the large and small dramas and amusements of life. Let butter, eggs, cream cheese reach room temperature set out in the morning preheat oven to 350 degrees. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. I made this cake from the recipes included at the end of the book.
Cake is ruths version of zen, allowing her to lose herself in. I promise it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that main characters name is ruth. I doubt any book club could properly discuss this book without eating some cake. In fact, its funny when she starts acting more responsible than her own parents. Jeanne ray has a knack for writing about lifes tribulations and making them into humorous adventures. Jeanne ray says that her favorite word is gumption, and her writing career. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. Jeanne ray has 23 books on goodreads with 33025 ratings.
She is married and has two daughters, one of whom is the author ann patchett. Ruth has always found baking cakes to be a source of relief from the stresses of life. It was pretty simple to make although the directions seem long. To do so would not do justice to this book, which although boisterously funny is also a.
I dont buy much fiction anymore, and surely not a book i am not sure i will like well enough to reread. Both because i tend to bake or clean when im in emotional distress, and because my. In eat cake, her third book, she shows in a heartwarming way that spunk and the right. She lives in nashville, tennessee with her husband and her dog, red. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. Jeanne ray is truly wise and funny about family, friendship, and loveabout the ways in which we see and dont see each other. Ive tried a few of the eat cake recipes and theyre super yummy. The author, jeanne ray worked as a registered nurse at the frist clinic in nashville, tennessee. She is the new york times bestselling author of the novels julie and romeo, julie and romeo get lucky, eat cake, and stepballchange.
I requested it from the library as soon as i saw the title. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Her normal life with a hospital administrator husband, surly teenage daughter and son at college is quickly disappearing as, within a year, ruths mother comes to live with them, her husband loses his job. Youve said that william shakespeare inspired your first novel, julie and romeo. When she meditates, she imagines herself in the warm, comforting center of a gigantic bundt cake. Eat cake by jeanne ray came to me via a bit of book serendipity a random comment on someones facebook page.