

Especially if the vampire is darkly handsome and promises eternal love with every bite. I know this is going to come as a bit of a shock, but most teenagers think that Great Expectations-to use a phrase-"blows," but that any book with a vampire in it is brilliant. Teach English, or at least try to make the kids love reading. Start adding nutritional facts to the recipes on the blog and people you never even met accuse you of being a nutrition Nazi. Put on boots and a loden coat the morning after a snowstorm and trudge to the henhouse to collect four eggs. I was in a life rut that was only getting deeper.

Oh, yes, I do…and I love it…but honestly, it just wasn't enough for me. You teach the local kids to read and write." You write a food blog that isn't too egotistical or boring. I know that people around here always say, "Oh, Gaby, you lead such an interesting life…You run that farm of yours pretty much by yourself. If you don't change, you're stuck in a rut. Yes, I'm happier than I've been in a long time. It made me somewhat miserable…and hungry. And I banished mayonnaise-low-fat or otherwise-from the house. I just gave up Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and the occasional beer before bedtime. Stop, stop! No worries, no frets or fears. I have lost twelve pounds and several ounces. Let me turn around for you…Turning…Turning again. I want all four of you to take a good, long look at the screen and your mom.Įverybody watching? Emily? Claire? Seth? Lizzie? Emily? You see anything unusual or, well, kind of stunning? Need proof? I think I can give you proof.

ONLY TWENTY-FOUR DAYS until Christmas, and this Christmas is going to be one you won't forget. MARTIN SUMMERHILL, fifty-five, Gaby's brother- in-law JACOB COLEMAN, fifty-two, rabbi at a temple in Stockbridge TOM HAYDEN, fifty-four, owns a farm, former pro hockey player, grew up with Gaby TALLULAH, their daughter, eight GABY'S SUITORS MIKE RODGERS, Lizzie's husband, thirty-six LIZZIE RODGERS, Gaby's daughter, thirty-four, married, works part time at Walmart, lives near Gaby SETH SUMMERHILL, Gaby's only son, twenty-six, novelist, lives in BostonĪNDIE COLLINS, Seth's girlfriend, twenty-four, commercial artist TOBY and GABRIELLE, their eleven-year-old twinsĮMILY SUMMERHILL, Gaby's youngest daughter, twenty-nine, lawyer in ManhattanīART DeFRANCO, Emily's husband, twenty-nine, resident in neurology

HANK DONOGHUE, Claire's husband, thirty-four GABY SUMMERHILL, fifty-four, teacher, mother of four, widow for three years, lives in Stockbridge, Massachusetts GABY'S FAMILYĬLAIRE DONOGHUE, Gaby's daughter, thirty-five, married, lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
