Keeping the Feast, a review
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
Paula Butturini writes an exceptionally beautiful story in KEEPING THE FEAST. Rich in family, friendship, love and the delights of FOOD! Out in paperback this month, KEEPING THE FEAST is a painfully true story of dedication, and healing.
Author Paula Butturini is a former news journalist who has written for news services around the world, including the Chicago Tribune. When she re-married in middle-age to a fellow reporter, life seemed perfect – until he was shot during an assignment and nearly killed.
After Paula had already lost her own mother to suicidal depression, she refused to allow her husband’s immense trauma ruin his life. KEEPING THE FEAST is Paula’s memoir of how she created her own prescription for her husband’s depression, made from food, friends, family, and constant love.
. This talented author – Ruth Pennebaker – reminds us that it’s never too late in life to start over, no matter how bleak things can seem. This novel had me at page 2 and I could not put it down. I felt myself relating to each of the three main females characters – Joanie, Ivy and Caroline – in some way, shape or form, throughout this novel.
