- Title: Little Beach Street Bakery
- Author: Jenny Colgan
- Genre: Contemporary Fiction
- Published: March 2015 – William Morrow
- Source: Publisher
My take: When 30-something Polly’s life leads her to the day where the men from the bank take over her (and her boyfriend’s) house, and their business is dissolved, she is forced to start over – without the boyfriend. She finds herself living in a wreck of a flat over a vacant bakery in a tiny seaside village an hour from where her old life went wrong. There’s nowhere to go but up. Polly survives on her optimism and willingness to change. She’s a character you can’t help but cheer on as she takes her hobby of baking bread to the next level and eventually has more takers for her bread than she ever dreamed.
It’s not all easy street for Polly though. Gillian, the woman who used to be the only bakery owner on the tidal island is not pleased with her competition. She uses intimidation on Polly but to no avail. Can the two co-exist? And what about the intriguing fisherman, Tarnie. Polly is surprised by her attraction as he’s so different from her last boyfriend. Can she even look at him in that way? But there’s more – Huckle, the American beekeeper is a bit of a mystery that she would like to solve. Huckle’s friend Reuben and Kerensa, Polly’s best friend, add an over-the-top and highly entertaining aspect to the plot.
I don’t want to spoil by telling more but suffice to say that Little Beach Street Bakery could end up on my 2015 Favorite Books list. It’s the first of Jenny Colgan’s books I’ve read and I can’t wait to read another.
I would pick that up for its cover and then I see it’s one of your favorites of the year? It’s going on my wish list.
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Have to confess, the cover lured me in 🙂
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Thanks for the review. This one is on my shelf. Can’t wait to read it.
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Hope you enjoy it!
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Yum, what a delicious looking read…and I love that there is a bit of a mystery in the new man on her radar. Thanks for sharing!
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I can’t wait to read another book by the author. And I just found out there’s a follow-up book to this one!
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Mmm cupcakes!
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The thing is, she baked great bread. I don’t remember her making cupcakes 😀
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Yay! I have this one waiting for me on my bookshelf so I’m glad to see how much you enjoyed it and your review. I’ve read another book of Colgan’s that I enjoyed so I’m looking forward to getting to this one. Thanks for sharing!
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I hope you like it as much as I did, Katherine!
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Mary, I enjoyed your review. This does sound terrific! The cover is darling, and the story sounds promising.
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Thanks, Susan!
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Sounds like a great story and I love the cover too!
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Mary! I loved this book! I read it in September and I can’t believe it’s still not out! It was lovely and one of my faves, too!
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[…] Review: Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan […]
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This looks yummy. I’ll have to look for it.
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Bakery in the title was enough for me and then I read it could end up on your 2015 Favorite Books list … sold!! I have a book on my kindle by Jenny Colgan, I know it’s not this one but I can’t recall the name.
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I read Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe by the author and it was charming. I will have to put this one on my list!
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I love the cover, and the book sounds so cute.
THANKS so much for your wonderful review.
Elizabeth
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[…] drama in the lives of the residents of the tiny seaside village in Cornwall we first visited in Little Beach Street Bakery. It was great to visit and my hope is that we might someday meet up […]
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