Book description
In this funny and poignant novel, a handsome French baker looks like
being the secret ingredient to refresh Esme's stale life. But is the
recipe for happiness closer to home?'Esme's bread begged to be eaten. It
pleaded. It beseeched. You simply could not be in the same room as her
sourdough without licking your lips and instantly realising it was
exactly what you felt like eating. No, more than that. It was exactly
what you had been missing.' But all is not well in the House in the
Clouds. Pog's gorgeous, garrulous, glutinous wife, Esme, is not her
usual self. Her attempts at avoiding what's really troubling her are
affecting everyone in the family, including her irascible father-in-law
Henry and the mad assortment of animals they keep acquiring. What can a
desperate, devoted husband do, except wait for the mayhem to abate?
Sarah-Kate Lynch has published many hugely popular novels, plus a
non-fiction book. She reviews, has hosted magazine book clubs and writes
two columns for New Zealand Woman's Day. The Sunday Star Times summed up
her writing in a review of her novel By Bread Alone: 'Witty, charming,
faithfully passionate to its subject and emotionally adept. If only this
book was a man.'She lives with her husband and her dog but she's often
not sure where - and she likes it that way.
