In The Lost Recipe for Happiness there is a recipe for Pomegranate Baklava. It is the invention of a surly, beautiful gay chef who is Elena’s nemesis for much of the book. I’ll be serving it at booksignings and wanted to be sure I remembered how it all went together (of course I tested it [...]
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“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” writes Joan Didion in The White Album. I was reading the book last night while I waited for my younger son to arrive home on snowy roads, reading it because I knew she would sweep me away from my worry and I could think about things [...] The team fixed the comments function at BarbaraOneal.com, so I can post the happy news of a contest to celebrate the release day of The Lost Recipe for Happiness. I am SO happy it is finally out!! Special thanks to all of you who have been here with me, while I cooked and gnashed [...] The Lost Recipe for Happiness, of course. Only 22 days until arrives on a bookshelf near you. If you haven’t already done so, you can pre-order here. In the coming weeks, there are a couple of things to be looking for. First, the official Barbara O’Neal website will be up and running very soon, [...] The Australian cover has changed to this: Again, quite a different take on the same book. I love how many different ways there are to interpret a story! What do you think? Good news for THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS: FOREIGN RIGHTS: FICTION Foreign rights to Barbara O’Neal’s THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS, the story of a female chef, her dog, and the family they fall in love with, to Goldmann in Germany, at auction, by Peggy Gordijn at Jane Rotrosen Agency, in association with Thomas [...] Oooh, the time is getting closer my friends! Elena’s book actually has a release date, December 30, and cover art for both editions. And now you can see that you will be able to buy it either as a trade or mass market paperback: You can preorder at Amazon or Random House (not [...] |
Barbara Samuel O'Neal is the author of more than thirty award-winning novels, including Rita Award Winning THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS, THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING and HOW TO BAKE A PERFECT LIFE .
Her newest book THE GARDEN OF HAPPY ENDINGS is available APRIL 17, 2012! 
A native of Colorado, Barbara loves teaching, travel, reading, writing, yoga, walking, food, cooking, photography and...okay, reality television. |
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