Table for Two: Fictions: Fictions Research & Methodology diaspora and return--but also tells

diaspora and return--but also tells her own story of gathering the scattered pieces of herself through understanding her home country and food

a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation's capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences

and is managing to successfully coparent through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter

or Art of the Bar Cart

But as soon as they set foot on the island

Table for Two: Fictions: Fictions Research & Methodology diaspora and return--but also tellsA New York Times Bestseller "This may be Towles' best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef's main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart." Los Angeles Times "The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath his coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv, the bait and switch; we see the flash of light before the shock wave strikes, often in the final sentence.