{"id":24077,"date":"2015-06-08T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=24077"},"modified":"2015-06-01T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T18:56:39","slug":"little-beach-street-bakery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/little-beach-street-bakery\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Beach Street Bakery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Little<\/a> Written by Jenny Colgan, Little Beach Street Bakery<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, is surprisingly enjoyable.\u00a0The\u00a0 writing style and character development are better than you expect based on cover art and blurb,\u00a0even though there’s \u00a0a bit\u00a0of a formula feel.<\/p>\n

Though Polly’s life has veered wildly off course, there isn’t really\u00a0 sense of dread.\u00a0 There’s a comforting feeling that\u00a0it’s \u00a0probably going to work out for her, even as things go from bad to worse. The theme of reinvention is always enticing;\u00a0readers get\u00a0to imagine\u00a0what would happen if\u00a0they lost everything, but got to start over in a new place, with new people and a new job.<\/p>\n

Set in Cornwall, England, Polly\u00a0and her boyfriend opened a graphic\u00a0design company not long before\u00a0 computer programs allowed\u00a0users to do their own design and printing. Their business failure exposed the cracks in the couple’s relationship and they eventually broke up, leaving Polly without a home or a job.<\/p>\n

After a dispiriting apartment search, she ends up\u00a0in a town that is cut off from\u00a0the\u00a0rest of England\u00a0at high tide, living in a dirty and dilapidated building. The upsides are the ocean views, companionship of a local fisherman and a mysterious American, as well as\u00a0an adopted\u00a0baby puffin. The downsides are the lack of jobs, and a cranky landlady who, as the\u00a0local baker, \u00a0is threatened by Polly’s skill in bread making.<\/p>\n

Adding to the richness of the\u00a0novel are secondary characters such as Reuben, an obnoxious philanthropist, Kerensa, Polly’s best friend, through whose eyes Polly is able to appreciate the advantages of her new life, and, of course, Neil, the puffin. The fishing village setting and\u00a0the evolving friendships and romances\u00a0make for a lovely break from the stresses of fast-paced, mainland life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Jenny Colgan, Little Beach Street Bakery, is surprisingly enjoyable.\u00a0The\u00a0 writing style and character development are better than you expect based on cover art and blurb,\u00a0even though there’s \u00a0a bit\u00a0of a formula feel. Though Polly’s life has veered wildly off course, there isn’t really\u00a0 sense of dread.\u00a0 There’s a[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1,8],"tags":[80,2972,408],"class_list":["post-24077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-reference","category-staff-picks","tag-england","tag-puffins","tag-romance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-6gl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24077"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24381,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24077\/revisions\/24381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}