- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company; Reprint edition (Jun 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060084405
- ISBN-13: 978-0060084400
- Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 670,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Thirty-one-year-old Wyn (short for Wynter) Morrison has drifted into the role of trophy wife, largely to please her husband David whom she loves. But what does a trophy wife do when, suddenly and rudely, she is told that her services are no longer required? Wyn, desperately unhappy and with no marketable skills other than a stint as a baker in France as a student, moves from California to rainy Seattle where her best friend lives. There she gets a job baking bread on the night shift and rents a temporary lodging. At first she's going through the motions of living her strange existence, clocking into the bakery at 11.30 each night, working till 7 and sleeping the day away. But gradually she beds herself in, makes friends, transforms her little house from a bleak rental to a home, rediscovers her calling as a baker and, in her halting attempts to build a new life, she opens herself up to the possibility of loving and being loved again. This novel is perfectly judged. There is real pain, but always leavened with humour. The baking/healing analogy is lightly done. There is no easy solution to life after David. Wyn must struggle back up the hard way, relying on her own strength of character, though it takes her a while to recognise that she has any. The final plus is that Hendricks' writing is a joy to read - sensuous, lyrical and true.
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About the Author
Judi Hendricks used to be a journalist, then ran her own PR company, and is now a baker. She is currently at work on her second novel. Francine Brody won the Flora Robson Prize at RADA. She has performed all over the UK in plays such as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Importance of Being Earnerst and The Glass Menagerie. Film and television work includes I Dreamed of Africa, Maigret and The Hotel Majestic and Lost And Found. She has recorded a number of audio books including the unabridged version of Bridget Jones's Diary.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the story of how a wronged woman heals herself through a rekindled passion for baking bread. The author uses humour and light sarcasm in her characters to create a hilarious story of divorce and relationships. Interspersed with the novel there are a number of interesting hints on how to make the perfect bread which are so tempting I almost went to the oven to try them! This novel makes you hungry for more.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought the book at an airport. It was easy to 'get into'the story .It describes a married young woman, who one day finds herself locked out of her own house by her ( she thought) loving husband. She describes how she is forced to look at herself, the way she relates to her friends and also her mother and how she has to make a new life for herself.
Although you know from the start that she will make it, the story is very well told without to many cliches and with great sensitivity. There are also some good recipes for those who are interested in baking different kind of breads!
Although you know from the start that she will make it, the story is very well told without to many cliches and with great sensitivity. There are also some good recipes for those who are interested in baking different kind of breads!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I couldn't let this remain with just the first review as I don't think it does the book justice. Sure elements of this book fall into the classic chick lit genre. But Judi Hendricks is too good a writer for this to be all the book is. Yes, there are some expected elements, but it has a much greater depth. As someone who has lost their father, I was very moved by Wyn's relationship with her father and her difficulties in coping with his loss even though it was 15 years on. I loved the way Wyn used the different types of bread to help her through her emotional lows. And there was me thinking bread was just a loaf of something in plastic that you bought in a supermarket!!
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Easy Reading
This is a very nice, well thought out tale of a woman who regains her independance after a marriage break up. Read more
Published 19 months ago by R. L. Warren
A great read for a foodie
This book has you really wanting to bake bread and is a good read as well. The characters are strong and the story interesting, the main character is a strong Woman who grows to... Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2009 by Thinker
Definately not Chick Lit!
I've just read this book and absolutely loved it! The main character Wynter is great, and almost immediately I hated her awful husband! Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2003 by FE Carter
"wyn" or should I say Judi Hendricks spoke to me.
This is the best book I have read so far in my life. And I wait in eager anticipation for Judi's next novel. I can only hope it is a follow up to "Bread Alone". Read more
Published on 15 July 2001
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