Rosie's ER paramour, meanwhile, seems unconcerned about Jason's deteriorating health. During the proceedings, the court takes Jason away from Rosie, forbidding all contact, placing the child first with Quinn and then in a foster family after Quinn allows Rosie to see the boy. A smug social worker inexplicably agrees that the charge is warranted, and so Rosie must go to court, all the while wondering whether Quinn or Diana, or both, instigated her troubles. The plot thickens when someone-whose identity is shielded by law-makes a claim to the Department of Children and Families that Rosie neglects Jason. But Quinn has a new, young girlfriend, Diana, while Rosie is dating the ER doctor who treats Jason. The diagnosis of their son, Jason, as an asthmatic and the attacks that send him to the local ER have recently brought the couple back into each other's lives. Here, it's charges of child neglect and abuse, not of kidnapping, that face Rosie Sloan, who's separated from her husband, police officer Quinn.
Just as it is with the best chocolate assortments, every bite of this unusual memoir/mystery creation reveals something unexpected at the core.In a premise similar to that of her last novel, Sleep, Baby, Sleep, a mother plunged into dire legal trouble over her alleged mistreatment of her young child is at the center of Auerbach's harrowing new one. She weaves together the tales she hears into a murder mystery, crossing back and forth over the boundaries of fiction and nonfiction, unveiling in the process the secrets of her craft. As Auerbach hears their stories, her imagination begins to race. As the shop's employees mold, roll, and enrobe their creations, they spin aloud the stories of their lives-and reveal the dark secrets at the centers of their own hearts. Those aren't the only secrets she uncovers. She quickly becomes engrossed in learning the secrets behind the shop's delectable hand-rolled truffles, fresh fudge, raspberry jellies, and peanut butter cups.
In search of a setting for her new novel, writer Jessica Auerbach goes to work at a small-town chocolate shop. (In search of a setting for her new novel, writer Jessica.
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