Christmas at the Nantucket Restaurant by Pamela Kelley a Review

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Description:
Three sisters, each at her own crossroads in life, inherit a Nantucket restaurant and must work together for one year before they can move on.

Mandy, Emma and Jill O’Toole are as close as three sisters who live hundreds of miles apart can be. They grew up together on Nantucket, but have scattered around the country. When their beloved grandmother passes peacefully in her sleep a week before her ninety-ninth birthday she leaves them quite a surprise. In addition to her Nantucket home, they learn that they’ve inherited Mimi’s Place, one of Nantucket’s most popular year-round restaurants. They had no idea that she was the silent owner of a restaurant, and no idea how they’re going to handle this kind of inheritance.

There is of course, a catch―she left the restaurant equally to Mandy, Emma, and Jill―and also to Paul, the executive chef for the past fifteen years.

And before they can sell, all three women need to work at the restaurant for a period of one year. Now they have to examine their priorities and figure out a way to make it work, all while discovering that Mimi’s Place is in serious need of a facelift. The restaurant hasn’t changed in years, and its finances are challenging. Meanwhile, Nantucket is a special place, a tight-knit and insular upscale beach community, both supportive and challenging.

Three sisters, each at a crossroads in her own life, facing the challenges of a surprise inheritance in the close-knit community of Nantucket.

Review:

Christmas at The Nantucket Restaurant by Pamela Kelly is a wonderful sweet story focused on three sisters. Mandy, Emma and Jill are very close sisters, with two (Jill and Emma) living many miles apart, with Mandy the only one who still lives in Nantucket. The ladies learn that their grandmother passed away, and to their shock, they have inherited the restaurant Mimi’s Place, which they did not know their grandmother owned the place; with the chef Paul who also inherited. The will provides that they must work in the restaurant for one year, at which time they can sell or share.

Jill lives in New York city, and owns an executive search firm with her partner, Billy; who are best friends. Jill’s job is hectic, and now she needs to stay at Nantucket to help with the restaurant, and she travels to New York every Friday/Saturday. Emma is a school teacher, who was married to her husband for 15 years, and he now wants a divorce, since he plans to marry his boyfriend. Mandy is married to Cory, who is a wealthy hedge fund investor; and they have 2 children. Mandy discovers an invoice of Cory, and realizes that he has been seeing other women; she files for a divorce, and makes him move out of the house.

The girls split up, taking turns to learn everything about the restaurant. Mandy works the day shift, until when the children come home. Whenever Cory takes a turn with the kids, she may help later hours. Jill mostly works at nights, helping at the bar or serving dinners; which allows her to work in the afternoon remotely. Emma will work different shifts, and becomes close to Paul, who was her first love years ago; and both begin to long for each other. Billy, Jill’s partner, also begins to realize that he has strong infections for her.

I really enjoyed this story, especially the three sisters who were so close and great together. It was nice to see the different kinds of food, that was terrific. Christmas at The Nantucket Restaurant was a sweet, wonderful, family oriented and great sisters, who I did enjoy following them. Christmas at The Nantucket Restaurant was very well written by Pamela Kelly. This was a fun story that I suggest you find time to read this book.

Reviewed by Barb

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