Hello again,
I read this one after I went to Scotland for a visit and I have to say I want to go back. Although this town is fictional, the general Scottishness about it, is delicious.
So when Flora has to go back to her quite hometown after leaving for work in London, years previously, for a pushy client. Flora is filled with dread, but of course when her dishy boss asks her to go, obviously she says yes.
Her life in London was the only thing keeping her going after her mother died. Going back is bringing up a lot of bad stuff for Flora, never mind seeing her dad and brothers for the first time since.
Not only do her brothers have some resentment about her leaving them, they apparently can't look after themselves.
So not only does Flora have to contend with the judgemental community of Mure, she has to now cook and clean for family on top of trying to be a kick ass solicitor for her mega-bucks client.
Then she finds a recipe book of her mothers and things begin to change. Her connection to her mother strengthens, her family softens and when she has the opportunity to sell her bakes; of course she jumps at it.
This is a story with a couple of central characters and a lot of different story-lines. There's family drama, romantic drama, community drama, some mythical creatures and recipes!! That's right, we're given sample recipes of Flora's mums' bakes! And they sound delicious.
I'm not sure if it's obvious, but I love baking myself and somehow always gravitate towards books with recipes in them. Haven't made any yet but I think that might be an interesting line to take for a series of blogs or maybe just one.
But anyway, hope you like this book and this post encourages you to read or maybe even bake.
Until next time,
Annie xx
I read this one after I went to Scotland for a visit and I have to say I want to go back. Although this town is fictional, the general Scottishness about it, is delicious.
So when Flora has to go back to her quite hometown after leaving for work in London, years previously, for a pushy client. Flora is filled with dread, but of course when her dishy boss asks her to go, obviously she says yes.
Her life in London was the only thing keeping her going after her mother died. Going back is bringing up a lot of bad stuff for Flora, never mind seeing her dad and brothers for the first time since.
Not only do her brothers have some resentment about her leaving them, they apparently can't look after themselves.
So not only does Flora have to contend with the judgemental community of Mure, she has to now cook and clean for family on top of trying to be a kick ass solicitor for her mega-bucks client.
Then she finds a recipe book of her mothers and things begin to change. Her connection to her mother strengthens, her family softens and when she has the opportunity to sell her bakes; of course she jumps at it.
This is a story with a couple of central characters and a lot of different story-lines. There's family drama, romantic drama, community drama, some mythical creatures and recipes!! That's right, we're given sample recipes of Flora's mums' bakes! And they sound delicious.
I'm not sure if it's obvious, but I love baking myself and somehow always gravitate towards books with recipes in them. Haven't made any yet but I think that might be an interesting line to take for a series of blogs or maybe just one.
But anyway, hope you like this book and this post encourages you to read or maybe even bake.
Until next time,
Annie xx
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