Book
Misconduct of the heart / Cordelia Strube.
In 'Misconduct of the Heart', Stevie, recovering alcoholic and kitchen manager of Chappy's, battles the new corporate owners of the small chain restaurant in order to save her kitchen, while at the same time trying to learn to forgive herself and maybe allow some love back into her life.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781770414945 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 396 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : ECW Press, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Restaurants > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show All Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Strub | 31681010195436 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A recovering alcoholic and kitchen manager of a small chain restaurant, Stevie battles against corporateâs ârestructuringâ to save her kitchen, while dealing with the colorful cast of characters, including her eccentric family, a blind geriatric dog and a 5-year-old who landed on her doorstep. Original. - Bookmasters
Toronto Book Award Winner Cordelia Strube is back with another caustic, subversive, and darkly humorous bookStevie, a recovering alcoholic and kitchen manager of Chappyâs, a small chain restaurant, is frantically trying to prevent the people around her from going supernova: her PTSD-suffering veteran son, her uproariously demented parents, the polyglot eccentrics who work in her kitchen, the blind geriatric dog she inherits, and a damaged five-year-old who landed on her doorstep and might just be her granddaughter.In the tight grip of new corporate owners, Stevie battles corporateâs ârestructuringâ to save her kitchen, while trying to learn to forgive herself and maybe allow some love back into her life. Stevieâs biting, hilarious take on her own and othersâ foibles will make you cheer and will have you loving Misconduct of the Heart (in the immortal words of Stevieâs best line cook) âlike never tomorrow.â - Bookmasters
Award-winning author Cordelia Strube returns to her unforgettable terrain of the forgotten inner burbs of east Toronto with this scabrous, infinitely humane story of those who work at a small-chain restaurant. - Simon and Schuster
Toronto Book Award Winner Cordelia Strube is back with another caustic, subversive, and darkly humorous book
Stevie, a recovering alcoholic and kitchen manager of Chappyâs, a small chain restaurant, is frantically trying to prevent the people around her from going supernova: her PTSD-suffering veteran son, her uproariously demented parents, the polyglot eccentrics who work in her kitchen, the blind geriatric dog she inherits, and a damaged five-year-old who landed on her doorstep and might just be her granddaughter.
In the tight grip of new corporate owners, Stevie battles corporateâs ârestructuringâ to save her kitchen, while trying to learn to forgive herself and maybe allow some love back into her life. Stevieâs biting, hilarious take on her own and othersâ foibles will make you cheer and will have you loving Misconduct of the Heart (in the immortal words of Stevieâs best line cook) âlike never tomorrow.â
