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First tagged by Kiara Quinn "Kiara"
Customer tags: relationships(3), fragrance(3), menopause(3), literary fiction(2), fiction(2), family saga, perfume, midlife, addiction, relatiionships, action, intrigue
Review & Description
Carla Matteo copes with life by "tipping the bottle"--glass goddesses funneling perfume! During a midlife renaissance the "juice" offers incentive to find her own niche, while the ominous rose note in Paloma Picasso forces her to confront a troubled past. Fragrance addiction numbs the pain of her father's tragic death, wards off the sting of a severed adolescent friendship, fortifies her against the stench of employment inside her husband's waste management company, and wafts through fantasies of having a fling with hubby's paesano.
Carla's self-deprecating wit and candor navigate the reader past Rhode Island's affluent coastal communities, prominent landmarks, cherished institutions, and olive oil spills of the underworld while revealing quirks, inhibitions, anxieties, and fears. Carla's account is as multilayered as the fragrances she wears to permeate back stories that illuminate the present and surrender underlying secrets one morsel at a time. Read more
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