01714cam a2200301 4500 337192450 TxAuBib 20100226120000.0 090804s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008053609 9780451226938 15.00 0451226933 15.00 9 780451 226938 WiMaMI TxAuBib Wingate, Lisa, 01/05. The summer kitchen / Lisa Wingate. New York : New American Library, 2009. 354 p. ; 21 cm. Includes Conversation guide. With her adopted son missing and the rest of her family increasingly estranged, Sandra Kaye Darden is drawn to the little pink house where her Uncle Poppy once provided security. What begins for Sandra as a simple painting project, meant to prepare the house for sale, becomes a secret venture that eventually changes everything. Cass Blue is having trouble keeping food on the table since she ditched foster care. When Sandra Kaye shows up with lunch one day, Cass has no way of knowing that the meeting will lead to the creation of a place of refuge that could reunite a divided community. In this moving story of second chances, two unlikely allies realize their ability to make a difference&and the power of what becomes known as the Summer Kitchen to nourish the soul. 20090804. Bereavement Psychological aspects Fiction. Family Fiction. Runaways Fiction. City and town life Fiction. Intergenerational relations Fiction. Life change events Fiction.