{"title":"Rebecca Kauffman","description":"REBECCA KAUFFMAN received her MFA in creative writing from New York University. She is the author of Another Place You've Never Been, which was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, The Gunners, which received the Premio Tribùk dei Librai, The House on Fripp Island, Chorus, and most recently, I'll Come to You. Originally from rural northeastern Ohio, Kauffman now lives in Virginia.","products":[{"product_id":"the-reservation-hardcover","title":"The Reservation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Strout, and Jennifer Egan, \u003ci\u003eThe Reservation\u003c\/i\u003e explores the loves and labors of an ensemble of more than a dozen restaurant workers as they strive to get a perfect meal to the table\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the morning of the most important booking in the long history of the celebrated restaurant, Aunt Orsa's erupts into chaos with the discovery that twenty-two rib eye steaks have been stolen. Hers is the most august of fine-dining establishments in this Midwestern college town, and tonight Orsa is set to host a large party honoring a very special guest--a bestselling author of national renown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd what's up with the recent spate of online reviews, from insulting to frankly terrible? Is Orsa, who wants only to be loved, being sabotaged on several fronts? No one is above suspicion, not the Mennonite baker nor the tattooed hard-ass chef de cuisine. Could the culprit be among the servers, or even the inexperienced undergrad working as hostess? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho aside from Rebecca Kauffman--with her talent for portraying such abundant and sympathetic characters--could write with the wit and energy needed to launch all these various individuals whirling through their days with such complex and interactive choreography? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike the works of the mystery guest, \u003ci\u003eThe Reservation\u003c\/i\u003e is a dynamic and captivating story that shows us what it takes to get a beautiful meal to the table.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102293233887,"sku":"9781640097483","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/clTkQQX2yo9781640097483.webp?v=1781079297"},{"product_id":"ill-come-to-you-paperback","title":"I'll Come to You - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith empathy, insight, and humor, \u003ci\u003eI'll Come to You\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the intersecting lives of one unforgettable family over the course of a year--1995--anchored by the anticipation and arrival of a child in this \"intimate, wise and funny\" novel that's \"a true gem about life's changing seasons.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rebecca Kauffman writes like a sunbeam, strong and warm on whatever lands in her path. This book only looks short--in reality, it reveals a family so richly drawn, so deep and complex, that it contains the whole world.\" --Emma Straub \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA modern and classic story of family, with \u003ci\u003eI'll Come to You, \u003c\/i\u003e beloved author Rebecca Kauffman explores overlapping narratives involving a couple whose struggle to become pregnant has both softened and hardened them, a woman whose husband of forty years has left her for reasons he's unwilling to share and the man who is now disastrously attempting to woo her, a couple in denial about a looming health crisis, and their son who is fumbling toward middle age and can't stop lying. Ultimately, these storylines crescendo and converge into a dramatic and harrowing turn of events. With heart, wit, and courage, and through pain, these characters traverse territory that both challenges and defines the bonds of family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSweeping yet compact, \u003ci\u003eI'll Come to You\u003c\/i\u003e investigates themes of intimacy, memory, loss, grief, and reconciliation, and the wonder, terror, frustration, fear, and magic of brushing up against the unknowable--both around us and within us.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102322561247,"sku":"9781640097353","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/dUHky4GXJp9781640097353.webp?v=1781079376"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/rebecca-kauffman.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}