The Gourmet Club, by Michael A. Kahn
Four young lawyers meet in the fall of 1981 as new associates at Chicago’s prestigious Abbott & Windsor. They are ambitious twenty-somethings, each having graduated with honors from a top law school, each with big plans for the future, and each unaware that—to quote a Yiddish proverb—“Man plans, and God laughs.”
At the end of their first week, they gather with their spouses for a potluck dinner party. Enjoying the night, they decide to meet again every three or four months, naming themselves the Gourmet Club.
Over decades, the Gourmet Club serves as a backdrop for evenings that reveal the characters’ diverging paths and the ups and downs of their professional and personal lives. Pivotal moments unfold in a courtroom, a boardroom, a bedroom, a baseball game, a funeral, and beyond, illustrating how much has changed—both in the country and in the lives of the protagonists—since that first meeting in 1981.
Atmosphere Press is a selective hybrid publisher founded in 2015 on the principles of Honesty, Transparency, Professionalism, Kindness, and Making Your Book Awesome. Our books have won dozens of awards and sold tens of thousands of copies. If you’re interested in learning more, or seeking publication for your own work, please explore the links below.
