Sophisticated yet accessible, lighthearted but also telling, Emma's Table is a thoroughly winning and surprisingly affecting tale of second chances. Together with an eclectic supporting cast-including Emma's prodigal ex-husband, a bossy yoga teacher, and a tiny Japanese diplomat-the unlikely trio is whisked into a fleet-footed story of unforeseen circumstance and delicious opportunity, as their solitary searching for better paths leads them all, however improbably, straight to Park Avenue and the dynamic woman at the novel's center. Enter Benjamin Blackman, a terminally charming social worker who moonlights for Emma on the weekends, and Gracie Santiago, an overweight little girl from Queens, one of Benjamin's most heartbreaking wards. She knows, deep down, that she needs a change, though she can't imagine where it might come from or where it will lead. She finds her life just as she left it, filled with glittering business successes and bruising personal defeats-rolling television cameras and chauffeured limousines, followed by awkward Sunday dinners at home. Fresh from a yearlong stretch in prison, Emma finds her life just as she left it-filled with glittering business successes, bruising personal. What she gets is a chance to set things right. Fresh from a year-long stretch in prison and the public bloodletting that accompanied her fall, Emma needs a clean slate. From the moment Emma Sutton walks into the FitzCoopers auction house, the disgraced media darling knows exactly what she wants: an antique dining table. What she doesn't realize is what she's getting: the chance to set things right. Urn:oclc:836617779 Republisher_date 20120919050044 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120918153101 Scanner the moment Emma Sutton walks into the esteemed FitzCoopers auction house, the one-time media darling knows exactly what she wants: an exquisite antique dining table. P80061553 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL9953040M Openlibrary_edition Urn:lcp:emmastablenovel00gala:lcpdf:cf471ff2-fd16-490f-b433-2c998bf0ff8e Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier emmastablenovel00gala Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3vt2wr6x Isbn 9780061553837

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Emma's Table by Philip Galanes