A Story of Fulfillment

Absolutely in love with my latest read...

The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman is delicious! I have seen a lot of criticism about the book, but, despite its flaws, it is an engaging read and I really enjoyed the unraveling of the tale. The two sisters in the story, so decidedly different--one sister a philosophy graduate student working at a book store and engaging in activism for Save the Trees, the other a twenty-something MIT graduate building an empire in Silicon Valley during the dot com boom--allow for themes of the tension between consumerism and fulfillment to unfold through the stories of their disparate lives. While there are a lot of plots within this story, I personally found that each character's sub story contributed thematically to Goodman's explorations of what fulfills, what satiates, and what happens when personal fulfillment is not satisfied. Loved. Loved. Loved.