Sophie's Bakery for the Broken Hearted
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- £3.99
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
36-year-old Sophie Stanton has lost her young husband to cancer. In an age where women are expected to be high-achievers, Sophie desperately wants to be a good widow - a graceful, composed Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. Alas, Sophie is more of a Jack Daniels kind. Guzzling cartons of ice-cream for breakfast, breaking down in the frozen food aisle of her local supermarket, showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers - soon she's not only lost her husband, but her job and her waistline. With nowhere to go but up, Sophie leaves California for Oregon and after several false starts opens her own fabulous bakery. Juggling the success of the bakery, her friends and her new life, Sophie proves that with enough humour and chutzpah it is possible to have life after loss. And falling in love again is all she needs...
Customer Reviews
I love this book
I first saw this book reviewed in the Sunday Times when it was newly published, and thought it sounded just my kind of book, being a trained bereavement counsellor and a passionate baker. Not long afterwards a colleague left a copy on my desk, and I devoured it. I love the way Lolly Winston names the sections of the book after the recognised phases of grief and intersperses these with events or episodes in Sophie's recovery. She manages to write with great empathy about grief while adding just enough humour to give a light touch. Sophie finds acceptance through supporting other through their own grief - about broken relationships, dysfunctional experience of family life, and very touchingly by taking her mother in law into her home as she drifts from buttoned up denial into Alzheimer's disease. That's another thing I love about this book, as I believe Alzheimer's disease can occur as a defence against memories of traumatic losses, and Lolly draws this aspect out beautifully.