Latest novel from Patty Friedmann

ONE KNIFE, ONE FORK, ONE SPOON

This novel has a big thread that will upset a lot of people. The narrator Renna is a woman in her forties who seduces her teen son’s best friend. But that is not the main point of the novel. Renna has problems that drive her into that relationship, and they are the big focus. Her kids are spoiled and difficult; her husband is boorish, judgmental, and racially insensitive. She needs a life where all she has are one knife, one fork, and one spoon.