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5.0 out of 5 stars
A lovely, feel-good family story, 12 Mar 2008
Tommy Stiles is a fifty nine year old, millionaire rockstar who loves his hord of children, grandchildren, ex-wives and lovers and is well-loved by them in return. Tommy is an all-round good guy, hands-on parent and good father. Now about to be married again, this time to a twenty something model, Willow, who is expecting his seventh child, the prenuptual agreement is posing unexpected problems.
Finn Rafferty is Tommy's foster son, lawyer and band member. He dutifully produces a list of Tommy's children and paternity claims, as asked to do so by Willow's lawyers and all check out. Then Willow's lawyer's throw in a double whammy. They produce the birth certificate of an unknown eigth child; a thirty eight year old woman, that has Tommy's name down as father on the original certificate, before being changed to "father not known". Tommy, in his father/family mode is desparate to drive over to New Jersey straight away and meet his long-lost, unknown daughter.
Hayley Maitland Goldstein is a cake-maker/decorator extraordinaire, who has already produced and decorated cakes for presdigious people and occassions. Her fourteen year old brilliant business, whizz-kid daughter Lizzie, has not only produced a web-site for her mother, but also handles all her contracts and finances. Unluckily for both of them Hayley's waster, greedy ex-husband, is playing on his young daughter's love and soft heart and tapping her up for money from her college fund, unknown to her mother. Hayley's mother Jane is a renowned and brilliant scientist, who has told her daughter that her father was chosen from a sperm-bank when she, Jane, felt her time-clock ticking.
Then Finn Rafferty, lawyer to Tommy Stiles, superstar rocker, walks through her bakery door and asks her to bake a celebratory cake for his boss for his after gig party in a week's time. Hayley is delighted. However, she is also a glass half-empty person, a proverbial worrier always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Why would a superstar want a small New Jersey baker to produce a cake for him when there are hundreds of cake makers on Long Island who good probably do just as well?
Great characters and a lovely read.
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