{"product_id":"9781101560242","title":"Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood","description":"Like Eloise growing up in the Plaza Hotel, Charlotte Silver grew up  in her mother's restaurant. Located in Harvard Square, Upstairs at the  Pudding was a confection of pink linen tablecloths and twinkling  chandeliers, a decadent backdrop for childhood. Over dinners of foie  gras and Dover sole, always served with a Shirley Temple, Charlotte  kept company with a rotating cast of eccentric staff members. After  dinner, in her frilly party dress, she often caught a nap under the bar  until closing time. Her one constant was her glamorous, indomitable  mother, nicknamed \"Patton in Pumps,\" a wasp-waisted woman in cocktail  dress and stilettos who shouldered the burden of raising a family and  running a kitchen. Charlotte's unconventional upbringing takes its  toll, and as she grows up she wishes her increasingly busy mother were  more of a presence in her life. But when the restaurant-forever  teetering on the brink of financial collapse-looks as if it may finally  be closing, Charlotte comes to realize the sacrifices her mother has  made to keep the family and restaurant afloat and gains a new  appreciation of the world her mother has built.\u003cp\u003eInfectious, charming, and at times wistful, \u003ci\u003eCharlotte au  Chocolat\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the magic of a beautiful presentation  and the virtues of good manners, as well as a loving tribute to the  author's mother-a woman who always showed her best face to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077069816048,"sku":"9781101560242","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101560242_p0.jpg?v=1763688280","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101560242","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}