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First of all, I need to compliment the cover design of this book. It is simple and beautiful. When I saw it come across on the review list, I wanted to read it simply because of the cover.
Now onto the book itself. It was a very enjoyable book to read. I could see myself in the character of Liesl, in her personality. I have a lot of character traits she did, but not the traumatic past. The story line is very real and I think everyone can find a little bit of themselves in Liesl. It touches on suicide, depression, and a whole host of other problems that many people can relate to or who know someone who struggles with these.
This book was like a breath of fresh air between the different novels I've read because it is so different from the other books. I'm not even certain I know where to stick it when I'm considering what type of book it is! It's its own book and one that can speak to people across the board of all ages.
Liesl loves to bake bread and runs her own bakery, Wild Rose. It's her heart and soul. She likes the control and the decision-making. I found the past of Liesl to be very interesting and the recipes in the book are ones I want to try.
The book is not a fast-moving book, but I even liked the change in that aspect, as well. It wasn't so slow that it was boring. It just gave me time to really think about what I was reading.
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About the book: A solitary artisan. A legacy of bread-baking. And one secret that could collapse her entire identity.
Liesl McNamara's life can be described in one word: bread. From her earliest memory, her mother and grandmother passed down the mystery of baking and the importance of this deceptively simple food. And now, as the owner of Wild Rise bake house, Liesl spends every day up to her elbows in dough, nourishing and perfecting her craft. But the simple life she has cultivated is becoming quite complicated. Her head baker brings his troubled grandson into the bakeshop as an apprentice. Her waitress submits her recipes to a popular cable cooking show. And the man who delivers her flour --- a single father with strange culinary
habits --- seems determined to win Liesl's affection.
When Wild Rise is featured on television, her quiet existence appears a thing of the past. And then a phone call from a woman claiming to be her half-sister forces Liesl to confront long-hidden secrets in her family's past. With her precious heritage crumbling around her, the baker must make a choice: allow herself to be buried in detachment and remorse, or take a leap of faith into a new life. Purchase your copy: http://ow.ly/qPvoG  Meet the author: Christa Parrish is the award-winning author of three novels, including the 2009 ECPA Fiction Book of the Year Watch Over Me. When she's not writing, she's a homeschool mother of three wonderful children. Married to author and pastor Chris Coppernoll, Christa serves with him as co-leader of their church's youth ministry as well as serving as a facilitator for a divorce recovery ministry. She is now also slightly obsessed with the art of baking bread.Learn more about Christa at: http://christaparrish.com | |
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I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers and Litfuse Publicity Group in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.
