Townie Books Book Club

Grief, as it turns out, has a flavor.

Kostya can taste it — the last favorite meal of someone who has died, surfacing on his tongue unbidden.

So he starts cooking: plating dishes for strangers in mourning, setting a table where the dead might sit down one more time.

Daria Lavelle’s Aftertaste is part ghost story, part love story, part restaurant novel, and entirely about the way a single bite can hold a whole person.

Come join us to savour the after taste!