Bread Alone - Rilegato

Hendricks, Judi

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0752841505 ISBN 13: 9780752841502

Casa editrice: Orion, 2001

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

Hugely commercial and stylishly written American debut reminiscent of the work of Anita Shreve and Rebecca Wells. A book for any woman who has lost her way ¿ and found herself.

L'autore:

Judi Hendricks used to be a journalist, a baker, and worked in PR. She now writes full time. She lives in Long Beach, California, with her husband. She is currently at work on her second novel, which Orion has already signed up.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0752841505
• ISBN 13: 9780752841502
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352