NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the National Book Awardwinning author of Three Junes comes the story of Greenie Duquette, who lavishes most of her passionate energy on her Greenwich Village bakery and her young sonuntil she makes an impulsive decision that will change the course of several lives around her.
Greenie's husband, Alan, seems to have fallen into a midlife depression, while Walter, her closest professional ally, is nursing a broken heart. At Walters restaurant, the visiting governor of New Mexico tastes Greenies coconut cake and decides to woo her away to be his chef. For reasons both ambitious and desperate, she acceptsheading west without her husband.