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A Taste of Somewhere Else

by Michael Ruhlman

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A road trip measured in meals and new understanding

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A road trip measured in meals and new understanding

Miles expects his year in Cleveland with his distant father, Jake, to be temporary. After his mother’s death, a suspension and the threat of closure for Jake’s art-house theater complicate that plan. The two set off across Spain to search for a film director, following cryptic clues through Madrid, Toledo and Seville. Tapas bars and shared meals become the setting for conversations that have been difficult to have at home. The story brings together grief, a strained father-son relationship and the possibility of starting over, with its coming-of-age arc unfolding alongside a journey through Spanish cities and food.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in coming-of-age fiction
  • Readers drawn to stories about grief and parent-child relationships
  • Readers interested in travel narratives featuring Spain and food

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GriefFather-son relationshipsSecond chancesComing of ageFood and travel

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Book overview

James Beard Award-winning author Michael Ruhlman delivers a father-son road-trip story about grief, second chances, and discovering that home might not be a place you left behind--but a person you're just getting to know, one meal at a time.

Junior year was supposed to be Miles's escape plan--survive one year in Cleveland with Jake, the dad he barely knows, then get back to his real life in New York.

But that was before he got suspended. Before his mom died and left a hole nothing can fill. Before Jake's art house theater started facing closure--and before Jake dragged him on a half-baked quest across Spain to track down a film director who may or may not want to be found.

Between wrong turns and cryptic clues through Madrid, Toledo, and Seville, they find themselves at wobbly tables in tapas bars, sharing plates of jamon and squid, talking in ways they never have before. Something unexpected happens over bocadillos and caf
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