A Novel of FRIENDSHIP, FOOD, and LOVE Fay, Kim creator author. text Epistolary fiction. Historical fiction. nyu 2022 2022 monographic eng 210 pages ; 20 cm When twenty-seven-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter -- as well as a gift of saffron -- to fifty-nine-year-old Imogen Fortier, a life-changing friendship begins. Joan lives in Los Angeles and is just starting out as a writer for the newspaper food pages. Imogen lives on Camano Island outside Seattle, writing a monthly column for a Pacific Northwest magazine, and while she can hunt elk and dig for clams, she's never tasted fresh garlic -- exotic fare in the Northwest of the 1960s. As the two women commune through their letters, they build a closeness that sustains them through the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassination of President Kennedy, and the unexpected in their own lives. general KIM FAY. Female friendship Fiction Food writers Fiction 813.6 9780593419359 PPAK 240214 20240214125254.0 eng