How to Bake a Perfect Life

A Novel

Barbara O'Neal

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English

Bantam
15 August 2011

Fiction & Literature; Adult & contemporary romance

From the author of The Lost Recipe for Happiness and The Secret of Everything comes another ""utterly magical and fantastically sensual"" (Sarah Addison Allen) novel, sure to appeal to fans of Kristin Hannah and Susan Wiggs.

In a novel as warm and embracing as a family kitchen, Barbara O'Neal explores the poignant, sometimes complex relationships between mothers and daughters-and the healing magic of homemade bread.

Professional baker Ramona Gallagher is a master of an art that has sustained her through the most turbulent times, including a baby at fifteen and an endless family feud. But now Ramona's bakery threatens to crumble around her. Literally. She's one water-heater disaster away from losing her grandmother's rambling Victorian and everything she's worked so hard to build.

When Ramona's soldier son-in-law is wounded in Afghanistan, her daughter, Sophia, races overseas to be at his side, leaving Ramona as the only suitable guardian for Sophia's thirteen-year-old stepdaughter, Katie. Heartbroken, Katie feels that she's being dumped again-this time on the doorstep of a woman out of practice with mothering.

Ramona relies upon a special set of tools-patience, persistence, and the reliability of a good recipe-when rebellious Katie arrives. And as she relives her own history of difficult choices, Ramona shares her love of baking with the troubled girl. Slowly, Katie begins to find self-acceptance and a place to call home. And when a man from her past returns to offer a second chance at love, Ramona discovers that even the best recipe tastes better when you add time, care, and a few secret ingredients of your own.

By: Barbara O'Neal
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780553386776
ISBN 10: 0553386778
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 15 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for How to Bake a Perfect Life: A Novel

“Envelopes you like the scent of warm bread, comforting and invigorating, full of love and forgiveness and possibility.”—Erica Bauermeister, bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients <br>“This book will have you smiling and crying and pining for an old love, or just a hunk of really good fresh-baked bread. I loved every single delicious bite.”—Jennie Shortridge, author of When She Flew<br>