HOW TO PARTY WITH AN INFANT

Joy Osmanski gives a graceful and attentive performance of this charming and often hilarious addition to the mommy-lit shelf. The title refers to a possible title for a possible cookbook the heroine hopes to write. Mele is a San Francisco single mother whose faithless baby daddy is getting married to someone else, and wants their daughter to be the flower girl at his wedding. Her mommy support group includes Henry, a rich and handsome married father and husband whose life is unraveling; see if you can guess where that’s going. Osmanski handles drama and comedy with equal deftness, and there’s plenty of both here, as Mele’s friends tell her their stories so she can weave them into her cookbook proposal. It’s wonderful fun. B.G. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2016]