The last day of my least favorite month. And only two days until my birthday. I'm one of those weirdos who love their birthday.
A Bakery in Paris by Aimie K. Runyan jumps between the 1870 Siege of Paris and post-WWII 1946. Lisette grows up in the lap of luxury in 1870 where her mother all but ignores her and she feels more at home in the kitchen, comforted and tutored by the head cook. The trajectory of her life is forever changed one day when she does the marketing for an ailing kitchen maid. Micheline is Lisette's great granddaughter who is trying to make ends meet and raise her younger siblings following the disappearance of their mother. They both start a bakery. The story was very light on history and a bit predictable but good. I had to look up the word "privation" as it was used very liberally.
Privation: a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking.
TBR List:
- Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
- Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
- The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren
- The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton
- Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Blue Love: Blue Valley High by MJ Fields
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
- The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
- Homecoming by Kate Morton
- Life Worth Living by Miroslav Volf, Matthew. Croasmun, Ryan McAnnally-Lins
- Outlive by Peter Attia, Bill Gifford
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