{"product_id":"cooking-for-picasso-9780399177668","title":"Cooking for Picasso","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Paula McLain, Nancy Horan, and Melanie Benjamin, this captivating novel is inspired by a little-known interlude in the artist’s life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A tasty blend of romance, mystery, and French cooking.”—Margaret Atwood, via Twitter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe French Riviera, spring 1936:\u003c\/b\u003e It’s off-season in the lovely seaside village of Juan-les-Pins, where seventeen-year-old Ondine cooks with her mother in the kitchen of their family-owned Café Paradis. A mysterious new patron who’s slipped out of Paris and is traveling under a different name has made an unusual request—to have his lunch served to him at the nearby villa he’s secretly rented, where he wishes to remain incognito.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pablo Picasso is at a momentous crossroads in his personal and professional life—and for him, art and women are always entwined. The spirited Ondine, chafing under her family’s authority and nursing a broken heart, is just","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525197013335,"sku":"9780399177668","price":14.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780399177668.jpg?v=1731859608","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cooking-for-picasso-9780399177668","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}