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Corked

Kathryn Borel

2009237 pagesabout 4–5 hours
2009
first published
  • 2009Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John · ENGISBN 9781282684171
  • 2009Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John · ENGISBN 9780470675854
  • 2009Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John · ENGISBN 9780470156261
  • 2009Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John · ENGISBN 9780470675847
  • 2009J. Wiley & Sons · 237 pages · ENGISBN 9780470153901
  • 2010Grand Central Publishing · ENGISBN 9780446551380
  • 2010Grand Central Publishing · ENGISBN 9780446799829

Meet Kathryn Borel, bon vivant and undutiful daughter. Now meet her father, Philippe, former chef, eccentric genius, and wine aficionado extraordinaire. Kathryn is like her father in every way but one: she's totally ignorant when it comes to wine. And although Philippe has devoted untold parenting hours to delivering impassioned oenological orations, she has managed to remain unenlightened. But after an accident and a death, Kathryn realizes that by shutting herself off to her father's greatest passion, she will never really know him. Accordingly, she proposes a drunken father-daughter road trip. Corked is the uncensored account of their tour through the great wine regions of France. Uproarious, poignant, painfully introspective, and filled with cunning little details about wine, this is a book for any reader who has sought a connection with a complex family member or wanted to overcome the paralyzing terror of being faced with a restaurant wine list.

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Reading situationTravel
ThemesFamily
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