Writing in Chocolate

A funny, warm memoir about the perils of writer's block, the allure of an alternative career, and the age-old question of whether life really is like a box of chocolates.

Out of words, short on ideas, and more than a little burned out, novelist Jessica Auerbach found herself on a hunt for inspiration. Her search landed her at a local chocolate shop, where she signed herself up for part-time work, in the hopes that a new setting would give birth to a fresh batch of characters and plots. As sh...