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A review by madelinemcguire
All You Knead Is Love by Tanya Guerrero
5.0
Tweleve year old Alba doesn't want to leave New York to go live with estranged grandmother in Barcelona even though life at home isn't great with her dad's abusive comments towards her and her mother. But soon Alba finds that she likes living with her grandmother and the city of Barcelona itself; she starts making friends, building a family, and discovers her passion for baking bread. But when the bakery Alba has been assisting in is in danger of closing and her mother finally leaves her father Alba's world is shaken again. Unlike the old Alba this Alba is determined to find a way to save the bakery and find a way to have a relationship with her mother.
This book reminds me a lot of Summer of a Thousand Pies which I also loved. This book did a great job of showing how trauma can affect youth without being overbearing about it. I loved all of the bread making and the mixing of cultures. A great recommendation for a reader who likes baking/food, books set in another place, and/or books about overcoming a struggle.
This book reminds me a lot of Summer of a Thousand Pies which I also loved. This book did a great job of showing how trauma can affect youth without being overbearing about it. I loved all of the bread making and the mixing of cultures. A great recommendation for a reader who likes baking/food, books set in another place, and/or books about overcoming a struggle.