Imprint: Penguin
Published: 30/07/2020
ISBN: 9780241380468
Length: 368 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm
Weight: 255g
RRP: £8.99
WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON'S DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD
'A tender and beautifully written tour-de-force on love, grief, hope and cake. If this is not the book of the summer, I will eat my wig. An absolute triumph' THE SECRET BARRISTER
'An utterly beautiful, moving, bittersweet book on love and loss. I loved it' DOLLY ALDERTON
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Olivia Potts' mother died when she just twenty-five. Stricken with grief, she did something life changing and rather ridiculous: she gave up a high-flying legal career to study at the notoriously difficult Le Cordon Bleu, despite not being able to cook. No one ever told Olivia you couldn't bake your way to happiness - but could you?
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'A brilliant, brave and beautiful book: funny and charming; utterly inspiring and life-affirming' Olivia Sudjic
'A heart-wrenching yet humorous portrayal of grief, a delicious collection of recipes, an inspirational tale of changing careers, and a feel good love story' Vogue
'Funny, sharp and sad. I laughed so much (and I cried)' Ella Risbridger, author of Midnight Chicken
'An honest, brave and funny account of what it is to love, to lose love and how to make macarons' Red
Imprint: Penguin
Published: 30/07/2020
ISBN: 9780241380468
Length: 368 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm
Weight: 255g
RRP: £8.99
A heart-warming book about death and new beginnings that will delight cake lovers; it manages to be moving, funny and mouth-watering in equal measure - a difficult literary confection to master
I laughed, I cried, I baked gingerbread biscuits. Potts is a writer who clasps you to her floury bosom and wraps you in your apron strings. There is wit and warmth on every page. This is a book of courage, consolation and more custard than you can shake a whisk at
Tender . . . filled with the comfort we all seek when dealing with grief
An honest, brave and funny account of what it is to love, to lose love and how to make macarons
I cannot express how much I adored this book. It made me laugh, cry, salivate and, on no less than four occasions, resolve to learn patisserie and leave the criminal Bar. Olivia Potts has delivered a tender and beautifully written tour-de-force on the four tenets of the human experience; love, grief, hope and cake. If this is not the book of the summer, I will eat my wig. An absolute triumph
A heart-wrenching yet humorous portrayal of grief, a delicious collection of recipes, an inspirational tale of changing careers, and a feel good love story
I loved it so much. It's funny, sharp, sad and full of clear observations about food. I laughed so much (and I cried)
A brilliant, brave and beautiful book: funny and charming; utterly inspiring and life-affirming. I loved it
Potts writes powerfully about the nature of grief, yet she has the lightest of touches with her sensuous descriptions of food. A delightful read - and there are some terrific recipes in it, too
Uplifting . . . tender