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Mrs. Quinn's rise to fame / Olivia Ford.
Van Pelt Library PR6106.O75 M77 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ford, Olivia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older women--Fiction.
- Older women.
- Married people--Fiction.
- Married people.
- Baking--Fiction.
- Baking.
- England--Fiction.
- England.
- Family secrets--Fiction.
- Family secrets.
- Television cooking shows--Fiction.
- Television cooking shows.
- Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 374 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Missus Quinn's rise to fame
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food. Nothing could be more out of character, but after fifty-nine years of marriage, as her husband Bernard's health declines, and her friends' lives become focused on their grandchildren--which Jenny never had--Jenny decides she wants a little something for herself. So she secretly applies to be a contestant on the prime-time TV show Britain Bakes. Whisked into an unfamiliar world of cameras and timed challenges, Jenny delights in a new-found independence. But that independence, and the stress of the competition, starts to unearth memories buried decades ago. Chocolate teacakes remind her of a furtive errand involving a wedding ring; sugared doughnuts call up a stranger's kind act; a simple cottage loaf brings back the moment her life changed forever. With her baking star rising, Jenny struggles to keep a lid on that first secret--a long-concealed deceit that threatens to shatter the very foundations of her marriage. It's the only time in six decades that she's kept something from Bernard. By putting herself in the limelight, has Jenny created a recipe for disaster?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes recipes.
- Place of publication from publisher's website.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ford, Olivia. Mrs. Quinn's rise to fame
- ISBN:
- 9780593656419
- 0593656415
- OCLC:
- 1379220914
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