Erica Bauermeister – författare

I KÖKET TILL LILLIANS charmiga lilla restaurang, bland färska grönsaker, doftande kryddor och nyfångade skaldjur, samlas åtta väldigt olika personer för att gå en matlagningskurs. De kommer på måndagskvällarna för att lära sig Lillians matlagningskonst, men snart blir det tydligt att var och en av dem - utan att själva förstå det - söker ett recept för något annat, något som kan förändra livet. Nyblivna mamman Claire har tappat bort sig själv, Tom är änkling och söker mening i tillvaron, unga Chloe har fastnat i ett destruktivt förhållande...I det lilla restaurangköket kommer deltagarna till insikter som förändrar synen på dem själva och varandra. En efter en får de nytt liv av dofterna, smakerna och texturerna hos det de skapar, av vänskapen med varandra och av Lillians kloka handledning.

Kärlekens ingredienser är en sinnlig och varm roman som handlar om att vi människor alltid behöver varandra plus lite smör, vitlök och vin!

ERICA BAUERMEISTER har skrivit fem bästsäljande romaner, och denna är hennes debutroman. Hon bor med sin man i Port Townsend, Washington.

"En fantastisk debut. Bauermeisters berättelse om mat och hopp levererar minnesvärda berättelser och karaktärer, samtidigt som den förför sinnena ljuvlig!"Publishers Weekly

Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, presents a moving and evocative coming-of-age novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives. Emmeline lives an enchanted childhood on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won’t explain are the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world--a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination.Lyrical and immersive, The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths, lead us to the person we seek, and even help us find our way back home.

"Woven through [Emmeline''s] life''s journey is a multi-layered story of fragrance and its evocative power, as strong and tenacious as this sensuous novel''s plucky heroine." - Shelf AwarenessErica Bauermeister, the author of the February Reese''s Book Club pick The Scent Keeper, presents a moving and evocative novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives.Emmeline lives on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won’t explain are the mysterious scents stored in glass bottles that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world--a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination.Captivating and emotional, The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths, lead us to the person we seek, and even help us find our way back home.

One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s No Two Persons is “a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives.”*That was the beauty of books, wasn’t it? They took you places you didn’t know you needed to go…Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open, and she creates a stunning debut novel. Her words, in turn, find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to a free diver pushing himself beyond endurance, an artist furious at the world around her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn into Alice’s novel; each one discovers something different that alters their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives.Together, their stories reveal how books can affect us in the most beautiful and unexpected of ways—and how we are all more closely connected to one another than we might think.“With its beautiful parts that add up to a brilliant whole, No Two Persons made my reader’s heart sing.”—*Nina de Gramont, New York Times bestselling author of The Christie Affair

Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Multi-voiced Performance!This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and narrator."The production''s 10 outstanding real-life narrators portray the fictional audiobook''s author and its nine narrators. Each of the talented real-life narrators brings their character vividly to life."- AudioFileOne book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s No Two Persons is “a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives.”*That was the beauty of books, wasn’t it? They took you places you didn’t know you needed to go…Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open, and she creates a stunning debut novel. Her words, in turn, find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness, to a free diver pushing himself beyond endurance, an artist furious at the world around her, a bookseller in search of love, a widower rent by grief. Each one is drawn into Alice’s novel; each one discovers something different that alters their perspective, and presents new pathways forward for their lives.Together, their stories reveal how books can affect us in the most beautiful and unexpected of ways—and how we are all more closely connected to one another than we might think.“With its beautiful parts that add up to a brilliant whole, No Two Persons made my reader’s heart sing.”—*Nina de Gramont, New York Times bestselling author of The Christie AffairThis program is read by a full cast:Rachel Jacobs as The WriterBarrie Kreinik as The AssistantBraden Wright as The ActorJesse Vilinsky as The ArtistMax Meyers as The DiverGabra Zackman as The TeenagerStephen Graybill as The BooksellerGeorge Newbern as The CaretakerCassandra Campbell as The CoordinatorCarol Jacobanis as The AgentA Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.