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PWP's Stewart Foehl's Young Adult Novel Nominated for the Lambda Literary Award

April 24, 2014 English | Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

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Congratulations to Stewart Foehl, of the Professional Writing Program, for the nomination of his novel The Secret Ingredient (Random House) for the Lambda Literary Award

From the publisher's website:

For fans of Sarah Dessen and Jay Asher's 13 Reasons Why comes a journey of family, food, romance, and self-discovery as Olivia, a teen chef living in L.A., finds a vintage cookbook and begins a search for her birthmother that will change her life forever.

Olivia doesn’t believe in psychics. But the summer before her senior year of high school, she meets one in an elevator.
   This summer will be pivotal, the psychic warns. Please remember—all your choices are connected.
Olivia loves her life in Silverlake, Los Angeles, but lately, something’s been missing. And after getting this strange advice, her world begins to change. A new job leads Olivia to a gorgeous, mysterious boy named Theo. And as Olivia cooks the recipes from a vintage cookbook she stumbles upon, she begins to wonder if the mother she’s never known might be the secret ingredient she’s been lacking.  

But sometimes the things we search for are the things we’ve had all along.