{"product_id":"9781460706725","title":"Cooking For Picasso","description":"Destined to be a book club favourite - an utterly charming and entirely delicious novel of love, art and food, with a dash of French Riviera sunshine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJuan-les-Pins, the French Riviera, 1936\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOndine is a sixteen-year old girl working at her family's cafe when she is called upon to cook for Picasso, who has secretly rented a nearby villa. Picasso is successful, powerful, virile - yet he is also a man beset by his own demons, and he's at a great crossroads in his personal and professional life. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe spirited Ondine is just beginning to discover her own talents and appetites, and she quickly blossoms in many ways from her encounter with Picasso - each inspires the other.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o \/?\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York, 2016\u003c\/em\u003e: Celine, Ondine's American granddaughter, decides to embark on a journey to the French Riviera in a quixotic quest to do what her fragile mother Julie is no longer able to do - that is, to find out what really happened when her grandmother Ondine crossed paths with the great Picasso ... and possibly recover a lost family treasure. To carry out her quest, Celine takes her mother's place in a cooking class at an elegant Provencal farmhouse, run by Gil, a mercurial English master chef who is wildly talented but doesn't suffer fools and has demons of his own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSet against the sensual sun-infused Cote d'Azur, \u003ci\u003eCooking for Picasso\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating, wise and entirely delicious novel of desire, trust, art and food - and the important choices that we all face in our journey towards love, success and joie de vivre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Calibri\"\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A quest for the missing Picasso worthy of Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn ... An amuse-bouche filled with secret ingredients, covert liaisons, and hidden compartments' \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Serving up an irresistible feast of art, cuisine and hidden treasures on the French Riviera, Aubray brings Picasso brilliantly to life. Her intriguing, intertwined narratives of Celine, her mother and brave grandmother are utterly spellbinding and deeply touching. This delightful, triple-layered mystery is something as rare as a page-turner with soul.' Anne Fortier, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eJuliet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.camilleaubray.com\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.camilleaubray.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Camille Aubray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46920376320149,"sku":"9781460706725","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460706725_60f6073c-5f07-4278-a9e3-3b8cae4ddc38.jpg?v=1776889833","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460706725","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}