
Little Beach Street Bakery
Little Beach Street Bakery Series #1
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Narrated by:
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Veida Dehmlow
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By:
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Jenny Colgan
Polly Waterford is recovering from a toxic relationship. Unable to afford their flat, she has to move miles away from everyone, to a sleepy little seaside resort in Cornwall, where she lives alone above an abandoned shop. And so Polly takes out her frustrations on her favorite hobby: making bread.
But what was previously a weekend diversion suddenly becomes far more important as she pours her emotions into kneading and pounding the dough, and each loaf becomes better and better. With nuts and seeds, olives and chorizo, with local honey (courtesy of local beekeeper, Huckle), and with reserves of determination and creativity Polly never knew she had, she bakes and bakes and bakes...and people start to hear about it. Sometimes bread really is life...and Polly is about to reclaim hers.
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relaxing
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Sweet story
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Great story probably better read
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Lovely story; needs a better narrator.
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Cute story, tough narration
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Might Have A Been A Good Story
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Genre: Chick-lit, romance
After both her professional life and long-time romance do a crash-and-burn, Polly finds herself single, jobless, and living on a small allowance from the bank pending the sale of the posh apartment she owned with her ex. Having no where safe and affordable to live, she ends up in a short term lease of a flat on a tidal island off Cornwall. This may, or may not, be a good thing. On the one hand, she has a cheap, though crappy, flat. On the other, her ability to come and go are dependent on the tide, making getting employment difficult. On the one hand, there are some really nice people around, while on the other she has the landlady from hell. And she can get stress-relief through her long-time hobby of baking, but the local baker who happens to the aforementioned landlady, has forbidden her selling, bartering, or even giving away her product. Such a conundrum.
This story has some interesting characters besides Polly. The very elegant Karensa, Polly's BFF, begs her not to move to move so far from Plymouth. Mrs. Manse is the evil landlady who wants to curtail Polly's activities. Tarnie is the captain of the fishing boat Trochilis who becomes a friend. Huckle is the American beekeeper who lives on the mainland side of town and provides the honey. Reuben is Huckle's very rich, very boastful, very magnanimous friend. There are a number of locals, as well as incomers, who add to the story. Oh, and there's Neil.
This is a cute little book, with both humor and pathos. The main plot is about a woman finding her niche, not just in the town, but in the wider world. There are a couple of relational subplots, and a huge point of action. What there isn't is sex. I mean, a kiss then your imagination. There are different kinds of kisses, and what's described here could be a quick peck on your grandma's cheek. Descriptions of people are missing or incomplete. You get a sense of the personality, but not the body it inhabits. And the whole package effects your perception of character motivation, so that lack has an effect on the story. Now, the descriptions of the environment and the placement of things within it are rich with detail. You can almost be there in your mind. It really is too bad you can't adequately populate it. There are also a couple of jerks into an alternate point of view that pulled me out of the story.
Over all though, this was a sweet little story I quite enjoyed.
Sweet
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Great characters!
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The amazing description of the scenery and the environment
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Cute, quirky, charming
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