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Little Beach Street Bakery
by Jenny Colgan
I quite like Jenny Colgan's flavor of starting-over stories, they're fun and sweet and always leave me with a smile. I guess food does make everything better, and it's no different in Polly Waterford's case.
With a bankrupt business and a despondent ex-boyfriend, Polly finds herself on the isolated Cornish tidal town of Polbearne, the closest place within an hour of her former life with rent she can afford. Her flat should've been condemned (but then it wouldn't be available for her to rent!), her landlady has a hostile attitude, and her first friend there is a bird.
I loved Polly's attitude. Sure, she's down - nothing's panned out the way she'd have liked it to, and here she is, starting over in her early thirties with no money, no home, and no man. But there's always bread! So Polly starts baking her woes away.
And pretty soon finds herself surrounded by locals drawn to the smells of her baking. Locals who set up a surreptitious exchange of goods and money in return for her baked goodies, because nobody wants to incur the wrath of her landlady, who's also the proprietress of the local bakery... And voila, we go from poor Polly to independent-thinking, free-spirited, trouble-maker Polly.
There's a little romantic possibility, a little gossipy angst, and a lot of heartbreak and loss. There's personal growth, self-realization, and another romantic possibility. There're reaffirming girlfriends, snarky flirtations, and unselfconscious acceptance. All of which mixes up one quirky, spunky, sparkly, witty, read. Definitely add this to your list if you enjoy a good tale and a cuppa to while away a few hours!
drey's rating: Excellent!This review was originally posted on drey's library
With a bankrupt business and a despondent ex-boyfriend, Polly finds herself on the isolated Cornish tidal town of Polbearne, the closest place within an hour of her former life with rent she can afford. Her flat should've been condemned (but then it wouldn't be available for her to rent!), her landlady has a hostile attitude, and her first friend there is a bird.
I loved Polly's attitude. Sure, she's down - nothing's panned out the way she'd have liked it to, and here she is, starting over in her early thirties with no money, no home, and no man. But there's always bread! So Polly starts baking her woes away.
And pretty soon finds herself surrounded by locals drawn to the smells of her baking. Locals who set up a surreptitious exchange of goods and money in return for her baked goodies, because nobody wants to incur the wrath of her landlady, who's also the proprietress of the local bakery... And voila, we go from poor Polly to independent-thinking, free-spirited, trouble-maker Polly.
There's a little romantic possibility, a little gossipy angst, and a lot of heartbreak and loss. There's personal growth, self-realization, and another romantic possibility. There're reaffirming girlfriends, snarky flirtations, and unselfconscious acceptance. All of which mixes up one quirky, spunky, sparkly, witty, read. Definitely add this to your list if you enjoy a good tale and a cuppa to while away a few hours!
drey's rating: Excellent!This review was originally posted on drey's library