How To Stuff A Wild Zucchini (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Interesting book about a girl with a broken heart and a failed broadway play. She takes a chance and moves from New York to Utah. She signs up to be a colmunist for a newspaper, live in the guys house while he is awhile and try to mend her broken heart. While in Utah for three months she meets the man of her dreams, she loves his family, she starts to attend church again and makes ammends with her father after thirteen years. It was a interesting look into the Book of Mormon. There are some intersting recipes at the end as well. How to Stuff a Wild Zucchini is a sweet story. Lori Scott is running from a career-ending bust of a Broadway play and the end of a romantic relationship. She lands in Brigham City, Utah, writing a gardening column for a local paper. She thinks the column is all about flowers and ornamental plants for the casual gardener. She soon discovers, to her dismay, the column is about vegetable gardens written for avid gardeners. Meanwhile, the vacationing columnist has generous allowed her to house-sit for him. Lori faces a very large vegetable garden just beginning to produce, especially the zucchini. Vegetables aren't the only things in bloom, either. Handsome firefighter John Wayne Walker shows up to put out the flames in the barbecue only to ignite flames in Lori's heart. Okay, that summary does sound a bit cheesy. I found the story sweet and charming with just enough local flavor and zucchini jokes to lighten it up and make it fun. Yeah, I live in Utah. Yeah, I'm a Mormon. But I can kill zucchini. It's a rare gift around here. I also found it very refreshing to pick up a book knowing that it contains no profanity and no racy scenes to skim past. Though the characters were a touch cliché, the book still kept me reading and enjoying. If you want a window on LDS culture, this book offers some glimpses as well as a sweet romance.
What do You think about How To Stuff A Wild Zucchini (2009)?
This would be a summer beach read book. Light and funny, but not very deep.
—eemaj
Too cheesy for me, too predictable from the start, but had to finish it.
—manvai77
Really liked the characters and how they deal with their challenges.
—Lacie2012
What a nice, fluffy read! Read it in one day.
—muna
