Book Review: The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth by Barbara O’Neal
Barbara O’Neal’s The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth is a beautiful and heartfelt novel about friendship, grief, and rediscovering yourself after life knocks you off course. We meet Veronica, a recently divorced woman trying to navigate the messiness of co-parenting three adult children with her insufferable ex-husband. She’s at a crossroads, financially strained and emotionally drained, and in desperate need of a job to stay afloat. That’s when she meets Mariah Ellsworth, a former Olympic snowboarder whose life was derailed by a significant event. Still deep in grief over the recent death of her mother, Rachel Ellsworth - a vibrant, globe-trotting cookbook author - Mariah recruits Veronica to help finish Rachel’s final cookbook: a tribute to the rich culinary world of Parsi cafés. As the two women trace Rachel’s footsteps from London to Paris, through the markets of Marrakech and finally to India, they not only work to bring Rachel’s last project to life but also unravel the mys...