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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Lena just wants to be a baker like her mother was in Poland before World War II. But really, she wants to make her mother love her, like her sister who disappeared. Lena goes to college and gets married. Her husband ends up buying her a bakery and they become part of the community where many stop for cookies and cakes. Lena’s life is not what she pictured it, even if she is baking.
The Baker of Lost Memories is a nice historical novel of love, and memories, and community. Also how we comfort ourselves when life doesn’t look like we want it to.
Thank you NetGalley and Little A #TheBakerofLostMemories #NetGalley
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
slow-paced
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
It’s 1960, and Lena is living in Brooklyn with her parents and hoping to be a baker like her mother. Her parents owned a bakery in Poland, before they ended up in under Nazi control. While she doesn’t always feel loved by her parents, she is always loved by her best friend Pearl. As they grow up, the families traumas become more pronounced, and Lena pulls away.
So while reading I felt like the synopsis of this book was not really an accurate representation of the book. However, When I went to write my own, I realized that you can’t say too much without giving things away. I really struggled with the mother/daughter relationship in this one. I understood why Anya would have a hard time with motherhood after everything she had been through, but at the same time I felt so much for Lena and the shoes she felt she needed to fill in order to make her parents love her. This was a slow burn for sure, and I wish we got a bit more in the ending as it felt a bit abrupt, but I really enjoyed the story.
Thank you to @otrpr for my gifted copy of this book!
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes