The failure of successful negotiations failed to produce President Wilson’s “Peace Without Victory”, resulted in years of power plays among the powerful nations of the world.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
A Baptist minister drags his wife and four children to do mission work in a small Congolese village. Things start off bad, get worse, then much worse. Barbara Kingsolver tells the story beautifully.
One Pot Sausage Pasta
One pot pasta was in the zeitgeist over the winter. This meets the criteria. While it’s not restaurant quality, using one pot and cooking almost everything at one time means you can get an okay home-made dinner on the table quickly.
Somebody’s Fool by Richard Russo
The third novel of the North Bath trilogy, this book novel picks up ten years of Donald Sullivan’s (Sully’s) death. Many of the characters are at inflection points in their lives. Seeing them unfold through Russo’s prose is a beautiful journey.