No Place Like Home

This is one of my all time favorites. I read it every year. I REALLY love it. Jewel Sabatino returns to her home town of Pueblo, Colorado with a 17-year old son, Shane, and a best friend, Michael, who is dying of AIDS. Though her father still does not talk to her because she ran away with a rock singer when she was a teenager, the rest of her family welcomes her home. She starts up a pie...more

This is one of my all time favorites. I read it every year. I REALLY love it. Jewel Sabatino returns to her home town of Pueblo, Colorado with a 17-year old son, Shane, and a best friend, Michael, who is dying of AIDS. Though her father still does not talk to her because she ran away with a rock singer when she was a teenager, the rest of her family welcomes her home. She starts up a pie bakery service for restaurants and settles into the house left to her by her great aunt. To tempt Michael to eat, she makes recipes from both her family's Italian restaurant and from the restaurant that Michael used to run in New York City. When Michael's brother, Malachi, finally shows up to see Michael before he dies, Jewel is stunned by how much such a solid man appeals to her.   hide