Black is Not a Color: Unless Worn by a Blonde: 2 (Ava)

A compelling entertaining and deftly crafted read from first page to last.--Midwest Book ReviewWhen Ava Fodor returns to New York from Paris she leaves behind her budding romance with Pierre and turns her attention to another man: her father Zsolt Fodor. Hes a penniless Hungarian poet transplanted to NewYork in the wake of the failed 1956 Hungarian uprising. Raised by her New England grandparents Ava barely knows him. Dramatic effusive emotional hes everything her grandmother warned her against. Yet his crazy conversation fascinates her. His chicken paprikash isnt bad either. Pierres pull draws Ava back to France to the medieval walled city of Carcassonne. There his tender care of his ailing mother awakens Ava to something lacking in herself. Unless she finds it she cant give him her heart. When her father has a heart attack Ava is thrust into a caregiver role looking after a man who never looked after her. Shes terrible at it. So was her father so he forgives her. But can she forgive him? Until she learns to love the man she has every reason to abandon in his hour of need she cant move on. Only her father can show her the way. But will she let him? And if she can will it be too late for Pierre and her?