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Title details for Hungry Hearts by Elsie Chapman - Available

Hungry Hearts

13 Tales of Food & Love

by Elsie Chapman
Caroline Tung Richmond
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From some of your favorite bestselling and critically acclaimed authors-including Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Rin Chupeco-comes a collection of interconnected short stories that explore the intersection of family, culture, and food in the lives of thirteen teens. A shy teenager attempts to express how she really feels through the confections she makes at her family's pasteleria. A tourist from Montenegro desperately seeks a magic soup dumpling that could cure his fear of death. An aspiring chef realizes that butter and soul are the key ingredients to win a cooking competition that could win him the money to save his mother's life. Welcome to Hungry Hearts Row, where the answers to most of life's hard questions are kneaded, rolled, baked. Where a typical greeting is, "Have you had anything to eat?" Where magic and food and love are sometimes one and the same. Told in interconnected short stories, Hungry Hearts explores the many meanings food can take on beyond mere nourishment. It can symbolize love and despair, family and culture, belonging and home.

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  • Release date

    July 15, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781980051336
      • File size: 270299 KB
      • Duration: 09:23:07

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 810
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Listeners are treated to a tempting buffet of audio storytelling in this food-themed anthology of short fiction. United by a shared setting--Hungry Hearts Row, a fictional neighborhood famous for its multicultural mix of eateries--the stories offer an inclusive assortment of characters and genres. While all eight narrators turn in immersive, unobtrusive performances, there are a few standouts: Rendah Heywood's British-accented narration lends authenticity to "Rain," a poignant story of grief and reconnection; Leila Buck's matter-of-fact delivery makes an unexpected note of horror all the more chilling in "The Missing Ingredient"; and Almarie Guerra brings a fitting sweetness and warmth to "Panader�a Pasteler�a," which features a uniquely talented baker. This is an audio experience that listeners will want to savor. R.H. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from April 22, 2019
      Contributed by a multicultural group of authors, including Jay Coles, Sara Farzian, and Sandhya Menon, and representing a blending of genres and cultures, this #OwnVoices anthology considers the ways that food can feed both body and soul. Interconnected stories follow different inhabitants of Hungry Heart Row, where the residents are close and the myriad restaurants and bakeries feed more than just a hungry stomach. In Rebecca Roanhorse’s startling “The Missing Ingredient,” a biracial daughter just wants her mother to move on from her late Native American father’s failing restaurant. In Rin Chupeco’s vividly imagined “Sugar and Spite,” the magic whispered into Old Manila’s Soup No. 5 comes with a careful interview to make sure it’s used correctly. And Elsie Chapman’s “Kings and Queens” explores the burdens of serving dishes that can send a message of forgiveness or certain death. Emphasizing the importance of love, family, and culture, and written with delectable descriptions, each story is best savored like a favorite dish: slowly and with great relish. Ages 12–up.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:810
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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