The Taste of Life

What should you do if you’re over fifty, your husband has hastily left you to marry a young colleague, your children are grown and only care about their own problems, you have no prospects at work, and life seems not only unfulfilled but utterly meaningless? Hold on to what you love most and pull yourself out of the mire toward a new life! In Oleg Roy’s novel “The Taste of Life,” this is exactly what happens: after the cozy yet dreary world she knew collapses, the only thing left to the book’s heroine, Natasha, is a passionate love of cooking. How can such a hobby help change your life? Radically. With inexhaustible perseverance, a little luck, and a good cookbook. The main thing is to get a taste of life, and you’ll succeed!