Set against the backdrop of the deadly 2007 wildfires that forced the evacuation of half-a-million San Diego residents, the author's novel examines the dark side of suburbia- a place where everyone has something to hide.
A humorous portrait of life behind the swinging tin-plated doors of a restaurant explores the diners, Italian family eateries, and five-star restaurants that employed the author over her twenty years as a waitress.