Taste of Life

Ebook
On sale Jan 17, 2017 | 20 Pages | 978-0-451-48798-8
A classic short story of love, revenge, and appetite from New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky.

Daphne Raydor has an insatiable appetite. Overweight as she is, she always assumed she would never know love. But meeting Jerry changes everything. Her appetite decreases. Her self-worth skyrockets. Then her mother comes to visit. And everything changes again. But Daphne refuses to go back to her old life, and now her appetite is for revenge... 

Taste of Life was previously included with the novel Brush Back.
Get a taste of Brush Back with an excerpt included here.
© Steven E. Gross
Sara Paretsky is the author of 20 books, including her renowned V. I. Warshawski novels. Her many awards include the Cartier Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Crime Writers' Association and the 2011 Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. She lives in Chicago, Illinois. View titles by Sara Paretsky

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A classic short story of love, revenge, and appetite from New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky.

Daphne Raydor has an insatiable appetite. Overweight as she is, she always assumed she would never know love. But meeting Jerry changes everything. Her appetite decreases. Her self-worth skyrockets. Then her mother comes to visit. And everything changes again. But Daphne refuses to go back to her old life, and now her appetite is for revenge... 

Taste of Life was previously included with the novel Brush Back.
Get a taste of Brush Back with an excerpt included here.

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© Steven E. Gross
Sara Paretsky is the author of 20 books, including her renowned V. I. Warshawski novels. Her many awards include the Cartier Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Crime Writers' Association and the 2011 Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. She lives in Chicago, Illinois. View titles by Sara Paretsky

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