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The Satisfaction Cafe
The Satisfaction Cafe: 'Insightful, necessary and beautiful' Ann Patchett | Kathy Wang
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'Captivating from the first sentence' Woman and Home 'Vivid and precise, deliciously cool-eyed, immensely readable' Jonathan Franzen 'Evokes the narrative power of classic Anne Tyler' Janice Y.K. Lee, author of The Piano Teacher 'I loved this novel and its heroine so much. A must-read' J. Courtney Sullivan, author of The Cliffs Joan Liang's life is a series of surprising developments: she never thought she would leave Taiwan (and for all places, California), nor did she expect her first marriage to implode - especially as quickly and spectacularly as it did. She definitely did not expect to fall in love with an older, wealthy American and become his fourth wife and mother to his youngest children. Through all this she asks herself the question familiar to so many of us: what are we living for? And are we ever truly satisfied? Vivid, comic and intensely moving, The Satisfaction Caf is a novel about all of the joy, sorrow, betrayal and beauty that come with marriage and family - and above all, about life's endless capacity to surprise us.
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I saw Ann Parchett talk about this on Friday and had it on my shelf. I really liked it!

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I chose to go on a date with the guy I‘m building a relationship with rather than see Kathy at Parnassus, and I don‘t regret the decision, but this book was fantastic!! The characters are exquisitely drawn. They felt incredibly lifelike. I would‘ve liked to ask Wang about creating them. Fell just short of perfect. 4.75⭐️ Read it!!

BkClubCare Aw! 1mo
Ruthiella Maybe next time you and your beau can attend together. Win-win. ❤️ 1mo
AmyG I just saw the Parnassus post on IG and was wondering if anyone had read this so thanks! 1mo
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Megabooks @AmyG yes, the event was back In early July, so I‘m surprised they held the video until yesterday. Since Ann brought in her hardcover copy, they may have had to secure a source for the book to be in store before they released it. 1mo
Megabooks @Ruthiella maybe! Our first date was partially at a BN in Indiana between our locations. We picked up some books each other liked. I bought Slow Horses and he picked up Erasure by Everett. Neither of us have read them yet. He doesn‘t read as often as I do. He‘s been working on the Muderbot series lately. 1mo
BarbaraBB You can‘t imagine how happy I am with reading a review by you (no pressure 🤣🤣). I am stacking of course! Interested why it wasn‘t a 5 ⭐️ as you are super enthusiastic about it! 1mo
Centique So lovely to read your review Meg. Best wishes with the relationship and hope your health is in a better place too 💕 1mo
Chelsea.Poole Feeling just like @BarbaraBB 😊 I actually have this book so I‘m delighted to see it gets your stamp of approval! 1mo
Reggie Awwwwww a BN date!!!! 🖤🖤🖤 1mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB Some of the choices she made near the end plot-wise I didn't love, so it took away that extra-special feeling I need to bump it up to a 5. Really great book though. I hope more Littens read it. @Chelsea.Poole I hope you enjoy it!! (edited) 1mo
Megabooks @Centique Thank you! My health is in and out of being okay, but generally a bit better overall, which is good. Thanks for asking! 💜 1mo
Megabooks @Reggie I was back in that town last Friday, and I stopped by for the 50% off sale and took a picture in front and texted him, and he replied “Our bookstore!“ which I thought was really cute! 1mo
BarbaraBB That is so cute 🥰 1mo
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