A review by zbrarian
Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared Reck

5.0

Have you ever cried over a book about food, family and love? I did, many times reading this book. Oscar & his Farfar, a team of two, cooking/baking/frying together, Oscar trying to convince his Farfar that all he wants to do after graduation is to keep doing all that with him, his Farfar teaching him life lessons one at a time, not wanting him to just settle. MaryLou, or Lou to everyone else, Oscar’s frenemy but actual soulmate, bringing Oscar and Farfar even closer together. The secondary cast of characters we wonderful: the best friends, Jorge & Jesus, the troublemaking freshman Terrance, who added humor to the story & the teachers who believed in Oscar from the start. If you didn’t have an appetite for donuts before this book, you will be wanting to make them after you finish it.