Eight Hundred Grapes: A Novel
A breakout novel from an author who “positively shines with wisdom and intelligence” (Jonathan Tropper, This Is Where I leave You). “Laura Dave writes with humor and insight about relationships in all their complexity, whether she's describing siblings or fiancés or a couple long-married. Eight...
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A breakout novel from an author who “positively shines with wisdom and intelligence” (Jonathan Tropper, This Is Where I leave You). “Laura Dave writes with humor and insight about relationships in all their complexity, whether she's describing siblings or fiancés or a couple long-married. Eight Hundred Grapes is a captivating story about the power of family, the limitation
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781476789255 (1476789258)
ASIN: 1476789258
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Georgia is at her final wedding gown fitting when she spots her fiancé walking down the street with a woman and child. Learning that her fiancé has been less than open with her, she runs back to her childhood home only to learn that her parents are splitting and selling their family vineyard to a c...
I won this book in a giveaway. Overall, not really my kind of book. I really enjoy wine and have liked other vineyard-based novels, but this one was not my glass of wine, so to speak. I was really intrigued by the opening quote, "You have to grow about eight hundred grapes to get just one bottle of ...
I did not know it was humanly possible to despise every damn character in a book that is not written by Gillian Flynn. Seriously. I want someone to put together a freaking pie chart to show most despised characters and see if one particular author manages to someone cause the reader to hate every si...
Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura DaveStarts out with Georgia Ford and she recalls her parents first meeting. The vineyard she grew up with and she runs home to, only to find things not normal.She had just learned something about her fiance that will break them up-there are to be married in a weeks time...
Did you know it takes eight hundred grapes to make one bottle of wine?That apparently is the best-kept secret of wine makers just like there were a lot of secrets the Ford family and other characters were not revealing.EIGHT HUNDRED GRAPES was an easy, enjoyable read. I liked the information about ...
9 years ago
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