BAKER’S BLUES (Chien Bleu Press) is the third book in Judith Ryan Hendrick’s, Bread Alone Trilogy. Wyn Morrison is back and this time, usually a 5am phone call means problems at her bakery—equipment trouble or a first shift employee is calling in sick. But the news she receives this July morning is anything but expected.
Mac, her ex-husband, is dead. If you’ve read BREAD ALONE or THE BAKER’S APPRENTICE, you know Wyn’s ex, Mac, and if you haven’t, you quickly will. Ineligible for widowhood, Wyn is nonetheless shaken to her core as she discovers that the fact of divorce offers no immunity from grief. Friends and family are surprised by Wyn’s reaction of sadness and Mac’s daughter, Skye blames Wyn for his death.
For the last several years Wyn has been more businesswoman than baker, leaving the actual kneading and bread making to others. Now, as she takes up her place in the bread rotation once more, she will sift through her memories, coming to terms with Mac and his demons, Skye’s anger, and with Alex, who was once more than a friend. Soon she will re-learn the lessons of bread that she first discovered at the Queen Street Bakery in Seattle – bread rises, pain fades, the heart heals, and the future waits.
Judith Ryan Hendricks has a pleasant style of writing BAKER’S BLUES that makes you want to pour a glass of wine, settle into a big comfy chair and plan on staying there a little while reading – no sheets in the laundry to fold or dishes in the dishwasher to put away, just relax.
Judith Ryan Hendricks was born in San Jose, California, when Silicon Valley was the Santa Clara Valley, better known for orchards than for computer chips.
Armed with a degree in journalism, she worked as a journalist, copywriter, computer instructor, travel agent, waitress and baker before turning to fiction writing. Her experiences at the McGraw Street Bakery in Seattle led to her first novel, Bread Alone and the sequel, The Baker’s Apprentice.
A life-long infatuation with the Southwest provided inspiration for Isabel’s Daughter and her fourth book, The Laws of Harmony. Hendricks’ fiction has been translated into 12 languages and distributed in more than 16 countries worldwide.
Her nonfiction has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle and Tiny Lights, A Journal of Personal Essay, Grand Gourmet in Italy and The London Sunday Express. Her short fiction has appeared in Woman’s Weekly in Britain and AMERICAN GIRLS ON THE TOWN, an anthology, in the U.S. and U.K.
She lives in New Mexico with husband Geoff and dog Blue.
Thanks to TLC Book Tours http://www.tlcbooktours.com for providing a copy of BAKER’S BLUES for an honest review.
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