Sara Paretsky
A Taste of Life

A Taste of Life

A classic short story of love, revenge, and appetite from New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky.

Daphne Raydor has an insatiable appetite. Overweight as she is, she always assumed she would never know love. But meeting Jerry changes everything. Her appetite decreases. Her self-worth skyrockets. Then her mother comes to visit. And everything changes again. But Daphne refuses to go back to her old life, and now her appetite is for revenge…

Taste of Life was previously included with the novel Brush Back.
Get a taste of Brush Back with an excerpt included here.

Author: Sara Paretsky
Published: 1995
Page Count: 54

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