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Delancey: A Man, A Woman, A Restaurant, A Marriage

by Molly Wizenberg

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"When Molly Wizenberg married Brandon Pettit, she vowed always to support him, to work with him to make their hopes and dreams real. She evinced enthusiasm about Brandon's enthusiasms: building a violin, building a boat, and opening an ice cream store--none of which came to pass. So when Brandon started making plans to open a pizza restaurant, Molly felt sure that the restaurant would join the list of Brandon's abandoned projects. When she finally realized that Delancey really was going to happen, that Brandon was going to change all of her assumptions about what their married life would be like, it was too late. She faced the first crisis in their young marriage. Opening a restaurant is not like hosting a dinner party every night.…

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"Molly Wizenberg’s second book is the story of opening a restaurant with her husband, and she pulls no punches about the difficulties of entrepreneurship and making dreams real. She’s also very frank about her unhappiness with their new venture, until she finds a way to carve out a place for herself. It’s the kind of book I want to hug — a cozy, quick read about reinvention, marriage and, of course, food."
NPR Books We Love — 2014 · apps.npr.org