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We Thought They'd Never Leave: Musings on Food and Family (Large Print Edition)
Hardcover
Culinary BiographiesCookbooks GeneralGeneral Parenting
ISBN13: 9781420540345
Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
Published: Nov 25 2026
Language: English
This large print edition features an easy-to-read larger type size while preserving the complete text of the original edition.
For readers of Stanley Tucci and Ruth Reichl and fans of award-winning actor-turned-author Tony Shalhoub (Big Night, Monk, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), comes a delightful narrative of nostalgic remembrances and recollections about gathering at the family table.
We Thought They'd Never Leave marks the literary debut of Tony Shalhoub, the beloved actor who, for the first time, has gathered delightful stories, memories, and recipes to create this timely, feel-good collection.
Written with his daughter, Josie Adams, the book is a humorous and heartfelt portrait of place, family, and food. At its center is the annual Shalhoub summer reunion in Door County, Wisconsin--a tradition that pulls ten siblings, their children, and their children's children back to the same stretch of land, carrying decades of shared history with them.
Through rich vignettes drawn from his parents, his siblings, and the many summers spent crowded around long tables, Tony reflects on the meals, mishaps, and small moments that link one generation to the next--from his childhood in a lively Lebanese-American household in Green Bay to the beautiful, chaotic gatherings that continue today. Along the way, he includes several family recipes that have stood the test of time.
Part memoir and part family-history--full of games, gatherings, and Shalhoub lore, plus twenty recipes--We Thought They'd Never Leave is a love letter to food, family, tradition, and the kind of loud, affectionate, ever-growing family reunion that somehow always makes room for one more at the table.
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