Married couple Rose-Ellen (Zell) and Nick are childhood sweethearts, surrounded by longtime friends and family in the quiet Massachusetts town in which they grew up. When Nick dies suddenly on a relief trip to post-Katrina New Orleans, Zell is plunged into despair. More than a year later, she is still wallowing in grief when she decides to enter a baking contest to win a prize she intends to donate to the relief effort in Nick's memory. Zell is not a baker and inadvertently gains the help of Ingrid, the nine-year-old food-obsessed neighbor for whom she babysits. Together, they brainstorm disastrous recipes, while Zell finds the courage to accept Nick's death.
VERDICT Fans of Cecelia Ahern's PS, I Love You will find a lot to like here. This strong, richly detailed debut novel, with a truly lovable heroine, explores an old theme, but the spins and turns the story takes along the way are well worth the ride.
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